[sotd] August 21, 2002 [Hot Potatoes]
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Site of the Day for Wednesday, August 21, 2002
Hot Potatoes
The List presents a fascinating website on the humble potato based on the
documentary from station KCTS of the Public Broadcasting System in Seattle.
Gentle members who may not have given a second thought to this pedestrian
vegetable may be surprised to discover its impact in shaping modern
history.
This easily navigated website is divided into topics such as the
surprisingly riveting "Historical Overview" which explores the potato's
origin, public hostility to it and its subsequent adoption, as well as the
deadly 1840's Irish potato famine, "Potatoes as Food" and the alarming
"Science of Blight" which examines the potato pathogen Phytophthora
infestans, or "late blight", the "number one crop disease in the world
today". Additional information on the sustainability of the world-wide
potato crop can be found under the names of two of the leading scientists
in the field, John S. Neiderhauser and Rebecca Nelson.
Hoe your way to the site for well-presented material on this vegetable with
a checkered past at:
http://www.kcts.org/productions/hotpotatoes/
A.M. Holm
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