text:  Freeman says these rations were largely unhealthy, similar to the commodity boxes of highly processed foods that Native communities are given today. Her new book is titled, Ruin Their Crops on the Ground, The Politics of Food in the United States from the Trail of Tears to School Lunch. The title, Ruin Their Crops on the Ground, comes from George Washington, who commanded, this is the deliberate policy that we are going to enact today.