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Potatoes: South America's Gift to the World

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Potatoes are a vegetable beloved by all. See how the potato emerged from obscurity into a vital food crop that feeds the world population and came to grace culinary traditions all over the world.

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Runtime: 25 minutes 21 seconds

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