The History of the Spud – (in one minute)
https://youtu.be/IyZyaLktY8s Many people think of Ireland when they hear ‘potato’—after all, the Irish Potato Famine was a major event in history. But did potatoes actually originate there?
Apples: As American as…???
Thousands of years ago, in the mountains of Kazakhstan, wild apples—Malus sieversii—grew in abundance. These were the ancestors of every apple we eat today.