Year of the potato Posted: 8 months ago by deEPCHill
As wheat and rice prices surge, the humble potato -- long derided as a boring tuber prone to making you fat -- is being rediscovered as a nutritious crop that could cheaply feed an increasingly hungry world.
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Greenhouse Gas Makes Food Less Nutritious Posted: 11 months ago by AutumnLotus
Your baked potato may not be quite as nutritious by the end of the century, a new study suggests. As carbon dioxide levels continue to accumulate in the atmosphere due to the use of fossil fuels, the increase could cause a decrease in the nutritional value of many key food crops.
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2008: International year of the.. potato. Posted: 11 months ago by glik
Celebration of IYP will raise awareness of the importance of the potato, and of agriculture in general.
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Don't worry: you CAN call the Polish president a potato Posted: 12 months ago by TheStep
Polish prosecutors have dropped a libel case in which a German paper likened their president to a potato. (Theme pic is president, I'm with the Germans on this one...)
But Americans, you still can't say one sentence...
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Do-It-Yourself Potato Gun! Irresponsible BUT powerful and destructive Posted: 1 year ago by jovawell
In this short controversial film, Scott VanPala takes you on a chaotic yet adventurous journey with a powerful and destructive Potato Gun. He illustrates how he made his using nothing more than hairspray and pvc pipe from Home Depot using gift certificates he got for Christmas. He then demonstrably shows the various, and perhaps irresponsible, uses
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It is supposed to be potato "chips" Posted: 2 years ago by 2manyusernames
Man buys a bag of Cape Cod potato chips, finds a few chips and a whole potato
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Butt stops here, 29 hours into couch potato contest Posted: 11 months ago by muppet
A Manhattan librarian emerged as a champion couch potato after three rivals gave in to sleep deprivation or nature's call.
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Vicar with a potato up his bum Posted: 1 month ago by davethefish
A vicar claims a potato got stuck up his bottom after he fell on the vegetable while hanging curtains in the nude.
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Food Prices & Poverty Posted: 8 months ago by kErObErOs32
The surge in food prices could push 100 million people into deeper poverty, World Bank President Robert B. Zoellick said at the International Monetary Fund-World Bank Spring Meetings in Washington.
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19-year-old to graduate college after year Posted: 2 years ago by AutumnLotus
A 19-year-old suburban Detroit resident is on track to graduate from The University of Michigan after just a year of study.
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Scientists Cooking Up Uber Tuber Posted: 3 months ago by meggysue
Scientists in 13 countries are chipping away at the genomic sequence of solanum tuberosum in order to breed the hardiest potato possible and mash world hunger. See the original project page here.
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Seven Year Old Girl Being Kept Alive by Viagra Posted: 3 months ago by muppetmaker
Interestingly enough, so are a good majority of the Seventy Year Old Men in this country.
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As the Iowa Caucuses Near, This Guy Is A Hot Potato Posted: 11 months ago by chelcho
"The candidates have been in Iowa forever. Why not have fun with the whole process?" says Andy Green, a gimlet-eyed 20-year-old with a wide face and a perpetual smile, like he's been hiding a big joke he's just dying to tell. He's the kind of guy you'd imagine rushing up to Clinton, breathlessly saying: "You need to pose with Mr. Potato Head. You're the last Democrat to do this." She complied.
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How to easily peel a potato Posted: 1 year ago by DaftGretel
How to quickly, and easily, peel a boiled potato
The video is in Japanese, but is very easy to understand anyway.
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