When climate change destroys the potato, we’ll all have to eat bananas

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When climate change destroys the potato, we’ll all have to eat bananas

Original photos by Mike and Larry So the world is getting warmer. OK. Agreed. Potatoes are a cold-weather vegetable. Yes? So. Chances are there might be less of them soon. So what’s the solution? Stop burning so many fossil fuels? Ha. You fool! The future is bananas – and plantains and cassava. They’re all in the running to replace potatoes as a staple crop. Bananas and plantains aren’t perfect potato substitutes, but they could stand in as a staple starch at high altitudes, including in places that currently grow potato crops. (Imagine places like Ireland and Maine, covered with banana fields. Wouldn’t that be a trip?) South Asia might look to cassava, which if you’ve never had it is pretty tasty. It’s not as good as potatoes with truffle oil and bacon bits, or potatoes with ghee and salt, or potatoes with nothing. But, hey, given the choice between starving to death and ...

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