The source of the pathogen that caused the Irish potato famine has finally been identified. Researchers from North Carolina State University have pinpointed the Andes Mountains in South America as ...

most of the credit for the potato surely belongs to the Andean peoples who domesticated it. Geographically, the Andes are an unlikely birthplace for a major staple crop. The longest mountain range ...

Join Bob Donald, Chair of One Seed Forward, at Central Library for a journey all about potatoes, From their origins in the Andes to your plate, Bob will discuss history, varieties and growing methods.

Potatoes are the bookend crops of the garden.  Planted in spring, their harvest is the hallmark of late summer into autumn.

Potatoes were grown and harvested in South America's Andes Mountains for millennia and only came to Europe and the rest of the world starting in the 16th century. Today, they're grown, eaten ...