Potatoes

December’s NH Harvest of the Month: potatoes!

Potatoes originated in the Andes Mountains of South America about 10,000 years ago. There are more than 4,000 native varieties of potatoes found there. Potatoes are the third most important food crop in the world, after wheat and rice, and is the largest vegetable crop in the United States.

Potatoes require less water to grow than grain crops and can be grown in all kinds of climates. Eating the skin of potatoes is recommended as that is where most of its nutritional value is.

This webpage includes a variety of educational materials, activities, recipes, and more about alliums for use at home, in youth or family programming, in the classroom, and in the cafeteria. For more New Hampshire Harvest of the Month resources for December, click here.

Home Kit for Potatoes

Teacher, families, youth programs, and anyone
interested in incorporating alliums into activities,
meals, and learning can use this home kit. This kit includes information, cooking tips, recipes,
mini-activities, and more.

Download here (in English)
Download here (in Spanish)
Download here (in French)

Poster for Potatoes

Display your love for potatoes! Download the
New Hampshire Harvest of the Month poster at the
link below. The file is in PDF format and is sized to
print on 11×17 inch paper.

Download here

Videos about Potatoes

“Ukrainian Potato Cakes With Garlic Yogurt,” Munchies

Books about Potatoes

The Enormous Potato by Aubrey Davis
Farmer Will Allen and the Growing Table
by Jacqueline Briggs Martin

Lesson Plan for Potatoes + Sweet Potatoes

Developed in partnership with UNH Extension, NH Farm to School, and the UNH Education department, the Harvest Lessons lesson plan and curricular activities can be used by education professionals to incorporate potatoes and sweet potatoes into dynamic, long-lasting learning in the classroom and other education-based settings.

Download here