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HERE COMES POTATO-PATATA!
The New Indian Express Kochi
|May 31, 2025
From poor man's meal to space-age superfood, the potato has done it all. On World Potato Day, TNIE explores its versatility
built a sealed, space-age box that mimicked the Red Planet's thin air, chilly temperatures, and carbon dioxide-rich atmosphere, then filled it with soil from one of the driest places on Earth - the Pampas de La Joya desert. Against the odds, the potatoes sprouted, offering tangible hope for future space farming.
This story is from the May 31, 2025 edition of The New Indian Express Kochi.
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