International Potato Day

May 30 is designated by the United Nations as International Potato Day!

Potato facts:

• staple food for two-thirds of the world’s population
• produces low levels of greenhouse gas emissions compared to other crops
• is drought and cold resistant, and can be grown in barren conditions
• five-thousand varieties
• valuable food resource and income generator for rural farmers. The UN says “Small-scale and family farming production of the potato … supports efforts to reduce hunger, malnutrition and poverty, and achieve food security, and relies on and contributes greatly to the conservation and sustainable use of biodiversity.” Source

Here is my little tribute to the humble potato:

And some potato recipes: placki, sweet potato fritters and salmon, and my cheats’ potato salad.