Potato: The farmers

http://www.history-magazine.com/potato.html
I chose this link because it shows the importance of potatoes in Europe. It also talks about the potato boom and how the potato boom also led to a population boom. Potatoes became one of the most important foods in Europe and one of the easiest for farmers to grow. Ireland became very dependent on the potato, which is why they were so affected by the potato famine. This is a reliable source because it is from history magazine.

http://www.hort.uconn.edu/ipm/veg/htms/Late%20blight%20alert%20for%20gardeners%202.pdf
This link shows the affect the famine had on farmers and gardens. The famine that affected the potato and other crops was easily spread, mainly through the wind. This affected farmers' crops all over Europe. The famine kills crops very quickly so farmers didn't have time to stop it. This source is from an article and I believe it to be reliable.

http://www.wesleyjohnston.com/users/ireland/past/famine/agriculture_pre.html

This link helps show why Ireland was so affected by the potato famine. This is because of the different agriculture that is spread across Ireland. A lot of the land was rich and it was easy to grow potatoes there. By growing faster they also spread faster.

http://www.wesleyjohnston.com/users/ireland/past/famine/agriculture_pre.html

In this link there is a paragraph that talks about why it was hard for farmers to start growing potatoes again when the famine hit. They lost most of their potato seeds and were unable to start growing them again. This link also has a paragraph about how famers' houses were burned down and many of them starved once the famine hit.

http://www.historyplace.com/worldhistory/famine/introduction.htm

This link talks about the life of Irish farmers. How many of them were poor even before the potato famine. But potatoes were part of their diet and the famine left the starving. The famine effected all Irish but the farmers were probably most effected by it.