Ruin Their Crops on the Ground by Andrea Freeman

https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/2/audible/46916 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Ruin Their Crops on the Ground Author: Andrea Freeman Narrator: Heni Zoutomou Format: mp3 Length: 7 hrs and 28 mins Release date: 07-16-24 Ratings: 4.5 out of 5 stars, 8 ratings Genres: Sociology Publisher's Summary: In 1779, to subjugate Indigenous nations, George Washington ordered his troops to “ruin their crops now in the ground and prevent their planting more.” Destroying harvests is just one way that the United States has used food as a political tool. Trying to prevent enslaved people from rising up, enslavers restricted their consumption, providing only enough to fuel labor. Since the Great Depression, school lunches have served as dumping grounds for unwanted agricultural surpluses.