Why the Sweet Potato is Better than the Common Potato

02/23/22 • 23 min

Sweet potato has a larger growing range than the common potato and can thrive from sea level up to nearly 9,800 feet. In the final episode of this season of Climate Cuisine, we’ll talk with a researcher at the International Potato Center in Peru about the incredible root, and a sustainability teacher in Costa Rica who has figured out how to grow everything she and her family consume.

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Climate Cuisine is part of Whetstone Radio Collective. Learn more about Climate Cuisine here.

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