{"version":"1.0","type":"link","title":"European potato failure - Newikis","description":"The European potato failure was a food crisis that struck Northern and Western Europe in the mid-1840s. The time is also known as the Hungry Forties. The widespread failure of potato crops, caused by potato blight, with the correspondent lack of other staple foods was the direct cause of the…","provider_name":"Newikis","provider_url":"https://newikis.com","cache_age":86400,"thumbnail_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/91/Spread_of_the_potato_blight_in_Europe%2C_1845%2C_by_Hans_Blomme.png","thumbnail_width":850,"thumbnail_height":586}