The history of potato
It became
A major food source
Irish population
Food were insuficient
Irish people started to travel for searching better opportunities to eat.
There were a lot of deads for starving
After all, they grew strong again.
Industrial Revolution
Start the World War II
Troops were feeding with potatoes
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8000 years ago
In the Andes, for the peruvians.
Potato were cultivate for first time.
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They were a perfect food source.
They could feed a large Incan civilitation.
Spanish brought potatoes to Europe
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But Europeans didn´t want to eat them.
They considered potatoes dull and tasteless
That was because potatoes were from a new land.
potatoes contain
High levels of
proteins and carbohydrates.
![](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/76/Basket_of_Potatoes_by_Vincent_Van_Gogh.jpg/220px-Basket_of_Potatoes_by_Vincent_Van_Gogh.jpg)
Also contains essential fats, minerals and vitamins.
Without potato
Our moderm civilitation may not exist at all.
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