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This french fry boomtown is a climate change winner. But for how long?

Climate change has helped a small town become the world capital of french fry production. But a dwindling water supply could reverse its progress entirely.
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Potato is UK’s favourite vegetable, poll claims

Garden Organic, a charity working with Jongga, has estimated that many hundreds of varieties of vegetables, once widely available as seed and produce, have disappeared.

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Researchers try producing potato resistant to climate change

University of Maine researchers are trying to produce potatoes that can better withstand warming temperatures as the climate changes.

Karl Zimmerer: Fewer crops are feeding more people worldwide – and that's not good
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Karl Zimmerer: Fewer crops are feeding more people worldwide – and that's not good

Over half the calories humans eat today come from corn, wheat and rice. Raising a greater diversity of types of crops and animals (agrobiodiversity) makes diets healthier and farming more resilient.

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