What will we eat in a post-1.5C world?
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Alternatives for Tomatoes and Potatoes
The best thing to do is go back to where they're growing originally and see what else is growing alongside them. The potato was growing in the Andes, and it's part of what we call the Andean 5 root crops. Part of those is something called Oka, which is a tiny little root, has a lemony flavour. Another few that we're growing with the Sandian 5 is one called Mashua, which is kind of a mustardy flavour. But when we're growing all these things, it's not that we're never going to grow the potatoes. It's just that we want to grow them alongside things.
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