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Are white potatoes actually healthy? Why does tap water taste bad at the beach? (E29)

The Adam Ragusea Podcast

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How to Grow Potatoes From Seeds

If you grow a potato from seed, it takes several annual cycles for it to accumulate enough energy via photosynthesis. Potatoes can't self-pollinate; they only pollinate each other. Sexual reproduction will introduce a lot of genetic mutation from generation to generation. American civilization did not begin in Mesoamerica. It began in South America, where the potato was first domesticated.

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