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Respecting the Humble Potato

April 18, 2008 by Pamela Parker Caird Leave a Comment

How did it get to be April without my realizing it’s the International Year of the Potato, declared so by the United Nations?

Food prices are soaring worldwide, driven by fierce competition for reduced international supplies of wheat, maize and rice, and other agricultural commodities. As concern grows over the risk of food shortages and instability in dozens of low-income countries, global attention is turning to an age-old crop that could help ease the strain of food price inflation.

P.S. Nice Web site, but making someone fill out a PDF application before they display your logo on their site is so contrary to Web 2.0 marketing principles.

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