“The Spinach King” by John Seabrook

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“Truck” comes from “bartering or produce growing”
Marel is a prehistoric chemical that made the northeast growing really productive
East Coast farms were slow to adopt irrigation, hampering their productivity
Road building is naturally connected to farming because they need to get their farm goods to where the people are
National road building was originally under the Department of Agriculture
During WWII, people were encouraged to pick frozen foods to let canned goods support the war
There is a difference between having money and being rich
Farming + Contractor work = Year-round work
Internal Family Systems (IFS) is a therapy system that is an internal analysis
- (Damaged people exude power to distract from the weakness inside)

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