Monocultures have a history of disaster. The Great Irish Famine happened, in part, because the economic system at the time forced the working class to depend on

Monocultures have a history of disaster. The Great Irish Famine happened, in part, because the economic system at the time forced the working class to depend on a potato monoculture for sustenance. We see a similar result happening where our economic system forces us to depend on monocultures for food production.