Re Kudzu. Not quite. As I read available Internet references... its use as a control for erosion, does not seem to have actually occurred until much later in the 30s and subsequently. It's first introduction in 1876 was as an ornamental and forage crop. That it has a use in Chinese medicine tends to be largely overlooked. Your reference and others conflate the two uses and dates. Yes the USDA was complicit in its spread, but, at th time, it was a reasonable solution. Getting rid of it is possible, and methods are specified on line. > Dear Adam , > curiously I have just finished reading the account of the introduction of > Kudzu by the american government of the time as a solution to the erosion > problems caused by inappropriate agricultural methods which had lead to > the famous "dust bowls" > Mark > > >