Great Jerusalem Artichoke CircusIn 1981, near the end of Americas second post World War II energy crisis, and at the onset of the nations most recent farm crisis, American Energy Farming Systems began to sell and distribute what it deemed a providential plant destined to be a new and saving cropthe Jerusalem Artichoke. This volume recounts this story of the bizarre intersection of evangelical Christianity, a mythical belief in the powers of a new crop, and the depression of the U.