On Mon, 07 Jan 2008 17:56:40 +1100, mighty mouse
<mousieNOSPAM9947@hotmail.com> wrote:

http://www.news.com.au/heraldsun/story/0,21985,22998759-663,00.html

Humble spud gets UN honour - Year of the Potato


January 03, 2008 12:00am

WHEN the humble spud makes history it's usually for all the wrong
reasons. The Irish potato famine or illegal potato moonshine come to
mind, but in 2008 all that's set to change.

The United Nations has declared 2008 the Year of the Potato. For all 366
days, the people of the world are being asked to think about the
contribution the humble spud has made to the alleviation of poverty and
hunger.

First cultivated in the Lake Titicaca region of Peru and Bolivia some
8000 years ago, the murphy spread throughout Europe not long after
Christopher Columbus discovered the New World.

Today the tater is the world's fourth largest food crop, behind maize,
wheat and rice, taking up 195,000sq km of the earth's land.

In the west the spud is taken for granted as a good addition to a roast
or barbecue, a staple of bangers and mash or something to be avoided on
a low-carb diet.

But it's importance to developing nations is in the large yield the
potato can deliver from a relatively small plot. In 2006 some 315
million tonnes of potatoes were harvested, more than half in poor
countries.

According to the United Nations, the world's population is expected to
grow by about 100 million people a year over the next two decades, 95
per cent of whom will be born in the developing world.
The International Year of the Potato comes in the wake of the Year of
the Volunteer (2001), International Anti-Apartheid Year (1978),
International Year for World's Indigenous People (1993), International
Women's Year (1975) and the International Year to Commemorate the
Struggle against Slavery and Its Abolition (2004).

We should honor it with chips and vodka

On Mon, 07 Jan 2008 17:56:40 +1100, mighty mouse
<mousieNOSPAM9947@hotmail.com> wrote:

http://www.news.com.au/heraldsun/story/0,21985,22998759-663,00.html

Humble spud gets UN honour - Year of the Potato

January 03, 2008 12:00am

WHEN the humble spud makes history it's usually for all the wrong
reasons. The Irish potato famine or illegal potato moonshine come to
mind, but in 2008 all that's set to change.

The United Nations has declared 2008 the Year of the Potato. For all 366
days, the people of the world are being asked to think about the
contribution the humble spud has made to the alleviation of poverty and
hunger.

First cultivated in the Lake Titicaca region of Peru and Bolivia some
8000 years ago, the murphy spread throughout Europe not long after
Christopher Columbus discovered the New World.

Today the tater is the world's fourth largest food crop, behind maize,
wheat and rice, taking up 195,000sq km of the earth's land.

In the west the spud is taken for granted as a good addition to a roast
or barbecue, a staple of bangers and mash or something to be avoided on
a low-carb diet.

But it's importance to developing nations is in the large yield the
potato can deliver from a relatively small plot. In 2006 some 315
million tonnes of potatoes were harvested, more than half in poor countries.

According to the United Nations, the world's population is expected to
grow by about 100 million people a year over the next two decades, 95
per cent of whom will be born in the developing world.
The International Year of the Potato comes in the wake of the Year of
the Volunteer (2001), International Anti-Apartheid Year (1978),
International Year for World’s Indigenous People (1993), International
Women’s Year (1975) and the International Year to Commemorate the
Struggle against Slavery and Its Abolition (2004).

We should honor it with chips and vodka

that is pretty damn disrespectful
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http://www.news.com.au/heraldsun/story/0,21985,22998759-663,00.html

Humble spud gets UN honour - Year of the Potato


January 03, 2008 12:00am

WHEN the humble spud makes history it's usually for all the wrong reaso=

The Irish potato famine or illegal potato moonshine come to mind, but i=

2008 all that's set to change.

The United Nations has declared 2008 the Year of the Potato. For all 36=

days, the people of the world are being asked to think about the=20
contribution the humble spud has made to the alleviation of poverty and=

hunger.

First cultivated in the Lake Titicaca region of Peru and Bolivia some 8=

years ago, the murphy spread throughout Europe not long after Christoph=

Columbus discovered the New World.

Today the tater is the world's fourth largest food crop, behind maize, =
wheat and rice, taking up 195,000sq km of the earth's land.

In the west the spud is taken for granted as a good addition to a roast=

barbecue, a staple of bangers and mash or something to be avoided on a =
low-carb diet.

But it's importance to developing nations is in the large yield the pot=

can deliver from a relatively small plot. In 2006 some 315 million tonn=

of potatoes were harvested, more than half in poor countries.

According to the United Nations, the world's population is expected to =
grow by about 100 million people a year over the next two decades, 95 p=

cent of whom will be born in the developing world.
The International Year of the Potato comes in the wake of the Year of t=

Volunteer (2001), International Anti-Apartheid Year (1978), Internation=

Year for World=92s Indigenous People (1993), International Women=92s Ye=

(1975) and the International Year to Commemorate the Struggle against=20
Slavery and Its Abolition (2004).=20

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