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Re:A candy man revolutionized the sushi industry by MBCook on Thursday August 31, 2017 @08:51PM (#15145308)
But once prices crashed enough, farmers stopped even trying to grow things leaving nothing to hold the soil there and making the dustbowl even worse.
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Re:A candy man revolutionized the sushi industry by EGreg on Sunday September 03, 2017 @12:24PM (#15162244)
So that is indeed a problem, but a different problem from growing too much.

Perhaps letting the land lie fallow every 7 years was an awesome strategy!

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