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Crabgrass Was King
Stone Age dwellers in Switzerland cultivated crabgrass and it was important food crop in China in 2700 B.C. It's a traditional food in India and Africa. It was first introduced into the U.S. in 1849 by the United States Patent Office as forage for cattle, sheep, hogs and horses. Then the Department of Agriculture was formed and it took over. Within 10 years crabgrass farming was abandoned. But then came immigrants from eastern Europe. Poles, Czechs, Slovaks, and Hungarians relied on the grain. They called it kasha/kasza and spread it around more but soon they learned corn and wheat could be grown just as easily and was worth more money than crabgrass grain if they wanted to sell it. The beginning of crabgrass transition from valued food to hated weed was born.
Crabgrass: Digitaria sanguinalis
Other weeds are in this link
Eat The Weeds
Crabgrass Was King
Stone Age dwellers in Switzerland cultivated crabgrass and it was important food crop in China in 2700 B.C. It's a traditional food in India and Africa. It was first introduced into the U.S. in 1849 by the United States Patent Office as forage for cattle, sheep, hogs and horses. Then the Department of Agriculture was formed and it took over. Within 10 years crabgrass farming was abandoned. But then came immigrants from eastern Europe. Poles, Czechs, Slovaks, and Hungarians relied on the grain. They called it kasha/kasza and spread it around more but soon they learned corn and wheat could be grown just as easily and was worth more money than crabgrass grain if they wanted to sell it. The beginning of crabgrass transition from valued food to hated weed was born.
Crabgrass: Digitaria sanguinalis
Other weeds are in this link
Eat The Weeds
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