Fifty kilos per year per person. This is what we consume in potatoes in France. It's no small thing to say, but we love the potato in all its forms: fried, sautéed, mashed… It is, they say, the French's favorite food. Cheap, easy to cultivate… France is also the world's leading exporter, with strongholds in Brittany and Hauts-de-France.
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What future for the potato?
The tuber is however in danger. Potatoes deplete the soil, do not cope well with lack of water and require a lot of energy when they are transformed into chips, for example.
The documentary Hot potato! The potato in danger looks into its future. How will it fight climate change? How to cultivate it without depleting the soil? Will it still be affordable? Consumers do not want to give up the potato. She has challenges to overcome if she wants, like us, to keep the potato…
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