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Why did the notoriously food-loving French parliament officially ban the cultivation of potatoes between 1748 and 1772?

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Why did the notoriously food-loving French parliament officially ban the cultivation of potatoes between 1748 and 1772?

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Why did the notoriously food-loving French parliament officially ban the cultivation of potatoes between 1748 and 1772?
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