Fallowing is even written into Jewish law.

Then there's that other great "gift" to Europeans - tobacco.


"Andrew Barss" wrote in message
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I don't think the Indians were the first to invent irrigation,
democracy, or public works projects. And I would think the
agricultural societies in Europe would have been rotating crops, although
I'm not utterly positive.

You can also add potatoes as one of the plants original to the Americas.

-- Andy Barss