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Re:The Silicon Valley paradox: one in four people are at ris... by Alex3917 on Thursday December 14, 2017 @09:38AM (#15922513)
Ignoring the fact that Americans get most of their calories from grass, clover is a legume, not a grass. It has a lot of protein, which makes it different than most other wild vegetables.
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Re:The Silicon Valley paradox: one in four people are at ris... by Spooky23 on Thursday December 14, 2017 @10:25AM (#15922949)
Tenant farmers were subsisting on potatoes almost exclusively. They were 19th century serfs. They didn’t have access to expensive grains or meat.
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