Since 2008 is the International Year of the Potato, I was wondering if we are celebrating the potato at UBC Jim
Jim i send the link in one italian forum ,result? "0 "reply !!so the logo it was made by italian designer,the agency FAO is in Rome but "0" reply....I'm afraid for this because the problem of the food in the world is important ;and potato is easy to cultive and to propagate,in war time (1939-45)my grand father propagate potato by peel.... people of the G8 nations think that eat problems in the world ,is not G8 nations problems ,and potato is for this persons a poor food..this idea is a poor idea for me ,in global world ,one nation problem is one world problem .. but this easy idea is difficult to understand....but i think + for the future
Unfortunately, no, not that I know of (at least here at the garden). The Food Garden is going to have a few cultivars growing, but no more than any other here. We had a meeting in January re: the possibility of starting a garden bed with a new planting every year, but I don't think it's going to come to pass (and believe me, I was really pushing for it to be this year and to feature potatoes). I suspect the best I'll be able to do is feature a few potato cultivars on Botany Photo of the Day come autumn (or spring, if people share photographs of potatoes from the southern hemisphere).
potato is "figth horse" (cavallo di battaglia+0-)of fast food ....i eat potato every week ...is a good food ....;-)
This got me thinking that there must be some good websites about potatoes. Wikipedia has quite a write-up: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Potato But, the links below lead to whole sites about our wonderful friend Solanum tuberosum The Potato Museum http://www.potatomuseum.com/ The Year of the Potato from the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations http://www.potato2008.org/ I haven't had time to explore these sites yet, but they sure look interesting at first view.
Alex66, Just an FYI on English. For the term "figth hourse" (cavallo di battaglia+0-) [literally battle horse] I think we would say "work horse".
What a wonderful year to be celebrating potatoes! Next time I'm at market, I'll try to get some pictures. We mostly have the S. tuberosum "Atahualpa" here as a commercial spud, but there are occasionally farmers with heirloom varieties of S. andigena as well. They all look the same until you dig 'em up!
