potato

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They’re vegetarians: They eat grass, alfalfa, cassava, sweet potato, carrots, beets, and, at the zoo, a commercial feed.

From Slate • May 27, 2026

The business, founded in 1978 with startup funding from wealthy Idaho potato farmers like J.R.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 26, 2026

I’ll eat the finished salad straight out of the bowl as a dip with jalapeno or dill-flavored kettle-cooked potato chips.

From Salon • May 24, 2026

Multiple factors caused the famine, including the potato blight that destroyed the main source of food, and the political and socioeconomic circumstances of British colonial rule.

From BBC • May 22, 2026

My breath came in ragged gulps as I climbed over the stile, looking at our own potato plants.

From "Nory Ryan’s Song" by Patricia Reilly Giff