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In 1911, the federal government banned the cultivation, sale, and transport of blackcurrants to protect the white pine. Government programs systematically destroyed blackcurrant plants by chemical spraying. The federal ban was lifted in 1966, though many states maintained their own bans.
The blackcurrant (Ribes nigrum), also known as black currant or cassis, [a] is a deciduous shrub in the family Grossulariaceae grown for its edible berries. It is native to temperate parts of central and northern Europe and northern Asia, where it prefers damp fertile soils. It is widely cultivated both commercially and domestically.
Greg Quinn (born 1950) is an American farmer in Staatsburg, New York, who lobbied several NY state senators and assemblypersons and in 2003, was successful in overturning the ban on the commercial cultivation of blackcurrants, [1] enacted by Congress in 1911.
Tonka Beans. This wrinkly legume from South America underwent a recent boom in the fine-dining world due to its notes of vanilla, almond, and cinnamon, but it has actually been illegal in the U.S ...
Anything made from livestock lungs has been banned in the U.S. since 1971 because the lungs can contain dangerous microbes from the stomach. Oh, and haggis is served wrapped in a sheep’s stomach.
At one moment or another, we have probably all said it: "I would never eat that!" Just as people around the world have different customs and beliefs, we also all have different food preferences ...
Only a few prickly currant plants per acre are sufficient to perpetuate blister rust. In an effort to eradicate the rust and protect the economically important Western white pine, a federal ban on the cultivation and propagation of all Ribes species, including Ribes lacustre, went into effect in the early 1910s. Eradication efforts beginning in ...
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