Potato History

The Colorado potato beetle has spread throughout North America and other parts of the globe, while repelling all efforts to eradicate it. Here’s a...

Someone suggested turning a small P.E.I. town’s local museum into a full-fledged international tourist attraction. The result is the Canadian Potato Museum. If there’s a...

This puzzling disease stumped scientists for decades and threatened to wipe out potato production in some regions of 18th century Europe. We now know...

A short history of late blight, and the beginnings of the agri-chemical market. Because of both the economic and climatic conditions in Ireland in the eighteenth...

Potatoes and Faith Throughout their long history potatoes have been both worshiped and reviled. The potato was first domesticated several thousand years ago...

Potatoes and the ArtsDuring its colourful history the potato has been the subject of many forms of art. The earliest known association between...