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"All hands on deck" for Idaho's annual potato harvest

In Idaho, harvest season means some high schools offer students a two-week "spud break," when they help farmers get their potatoes out of the ground and into the cellar. And in some cases, their ...

Potato recipes from the Murdock family

Sixth-generation Idaho potato farmer Brian Murdock offers "Sunday Morning" viewers some simple recipes for spuds.

There’s Nothing Like Watching Vietnam’s Waterlily Harvest

In the Mekong Delta, farmers and locals still gather the flowers on wooden boats. Now, the ritual’s also become a photo op.

Top stories - The New York Times - November 14

Smuggled out in suitcases, potato sacks and coffins

Polish aid worker Irena Sendler saved 2,500 Jewish children from the Warsaw ghetto in WW2

Recipe: Creamy No-Fail Make-Ahead Mashed Potatoes

From Food & Wine: Find out how to make the best-ever mashed potatoes days before Thanksgiving.

Baltazar Ushca, Who Kept Andean Ice Harvesting Alive, Dies at 80

He trekked up Ecuador’s tallest mountain twice a week for six decades to hack ice off a glacier with a pickax. He is believed to have been the last of his breed.

World - The New York Times - November 11

Palestinian olive harvest under threat from Israeli attacks and restrictions

Harvesting olives is an economic necessity for many Palestinians, but it is increasingly precarious.

Lawsuits target ‘potato cartel’ enabled by price data aggregators

Frozen potato producers are the target of multiple new federal lawsuits alleging that companies have been coordinating their prices through third-party data providers to form a “potato cartel.” ...

Politics - The Hill - 3 days ago