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I sometimes like to point out that I have occasionally cracked open a book or two.

Peru is ground zero for potatoes. https://cipotato.org/

There are similar centers for other staple crops -- corn/maize (Mexico, of course); beans (Africa ?? IIRC), rice, etc. Interesting to learn what people do at these centers -- they are usually very invested in preserving historic cultivars, i.e. biodiversity in crops. They also help develop less harmful (no-till, low-irrigation, etc.) methods of framing.

I'm sure Trmp hates them, being run by brown people and all that.