• Kusimulkku
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    2 months ago

    “It’s hard to imagine a food having a greater impact than the potato,” Qian said.

    I’m thinking coconut. Definitely hurts more

    • tal@lemmy.today
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      2 months ago

      Oh, that’s a good thought.

      Hmm.

      I guess it depends on how you measure “impact”. I think that coconut would probably win if you talk impact on specific societies – I mean, there’s less of a replaceable staple food – but the potato has had larger impact in terms of scale; more people in the world rely on the potato.