{"id":148047,"date":"2023-01-19T08:00:08","date_gmt":"2023-01-19T13:00:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/modernfarmer.com\/?p=148047"},"modified":"2024-07-23T15:10:44","modified_gmt":"2024-07-23T19:10:44","slug":"true-potato-seed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/modernfarmer.com\/2023\/01\/true-potato-seed\/","title":{"rendered":"This Modern Farmer Wants You to Grow a New Potato Strain"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">At 30 years old, Curzio Caravati moved to the United States from Switzerland, settling into the lakeside town of Kenosha, WI, where he purchased two acres of land and began filling it with crops. It was 1995, and Caravati raised all sorts of produce, though he focused mainly on potatoes. Now, nearly three decades later, his small plot of land has become the nucleus of a worldwide potato breeding movement.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Caravati had grown potatoes, as well as other crops, for many years, but it wasn\u2019t until he read Michael Pollan\u2019s book, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelpollan.com\/books\/the-botany-of-desire\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Botany of Desire<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, that he realized potato plants could also produce berries. After some additional research, Caravati discovered just how significant these unusual little fruits could be. It was this revelation that inspired him to found the <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.kenoshapotato.com\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Kenosha Potato Project<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (KPP) in 2007. Although first intended as a simple Facebook group to share his efforts on growing potatoes in containers, KPP quickly grew into an online community of thousands of both novice and experienced potato growers from around the world. At the center of this quickly growing community is the humble potato berry.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Some varieties of self-pollinating potato or those whose flowers can cross pollinate with other varieties growing in close vicinity will produce small green berries, similar in appearance to an unripe cherry tomato. But, unlike cherry tomatoes, these inconspicuous fruits are not fit for consumption. Much like the vines and leaves of the potato plant, these berries contain solanine, a toxic substance, making them inedible. But these berries are still incredibly valuable.\u00a0 Each holds hundreds of tiny seeds, capable of producing an entirely new variety of potato.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Potatoes originated in the Andes Mountains of South America and, while there are nearly 5,000 varieties still grown there, only about 100 distinct potato cultivars are grown in the United States. Most commercial potatoes are grown by planting seed potatoes, which are actually just small potatoes or cut pieces of tubers that have already begun forming stem nodes or \u201ceyes.\u201d The harvested potatoes produced through this method are clones of the original seed potato; they are genetically identical. This is useful for large-scale commercial production, since all of the tubers will be a uniform size and will be ready for harvest at the same time.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">On the other hand, fields of genetically identical crops can easily become more susceptible to pest and disease pressures. One needs only to look back at the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.history.com\/topics\/immigration\/irish-potato-famine\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Irish Potato Famine<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> of the late 1840s to see how quickly a plant disease can decimate a crop. Additionally, the environmental concerns of our changing climate also threaten the future of large-scale commercial potato farming. Potatoes do not grow\u00a0 well in the hot, dry conditions that have become so common in recent years. While scientists are busy researching new varieties that can adapt to temperature changes, Caravati and his Kenosha Potato Project are offering a grassroots solution, utilizing the most traditional form of plant breeding available: <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/modernfarmer.com\/2018\/07\/seed-saving-101-10-things-to-know-if-you-want-to-start-saving-seeds\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">seed saving<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The seeds found inside of the potato berry, also known as True Potato Seed (TPS) or botanical seed, could be the key to developing new potato varieties that not only survive in our changing climate but even thrive in it. Most varieties of potato are tetraploid, meaning that they have four sets of chromosomes, unlike most plants or animals, which have two. This extra set of chromosomes results in at least four times as many possible combinations of genetic traits passed down into each seed. Simply put, this means that each seed within the berry will produce a new, genetically unique potato variety.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cAll known potato varieties started with TPS\u201d, says Caravati. \u201cThe most famous heirloom variety is Early Rose, which grew by chance in a field from a volunteer seed.\u201d The Early Rose potato is a variety originally grown by Albert Bresee of Hubbardton, Vermont in the early 1860s. It still remains a popular cultivar today for its resistance to blight and common pests.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Through the use of TPS, growers can breed new potato varieties for any traits that they might desire such as heat tolerance, disease resistance and long-term storability. But selections can also be made for color, size and shape. According to William Whitson, a plant breeder and long-time member of KPP, \u201cMost people who grow from TPS aren&#8217;t focused on breeding a better potato; they are focused on breeding a better potato for themselves, for their conditions, interests and tastes.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_148049\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-148049\" style=\"width: 461px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-148049\" src=\"https:\/\/modernfarmer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/20221026_143026-461x346.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"461\" height=\"346\" srcset=\"https:\/\/modernfarmer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/20221026_143026-461x346.jpg 461w, https:\/\/modernfarmer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/20221026_143026-1200x900.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/modernfarmer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/20221026_143026-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/modernfarmer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/20221026_143026-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/modernfarmer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/20221026_143026-2048x1536.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/modernfarmer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/20221026_143026-1333x1000.jpg 1333w, https:\/\/modernfarmer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/20221026_143026-scaled.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 461px) 100vw, 461px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-148049\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Isla potatoes, grown by KPP member Rick Machado. Photography courtesy of Rick Machado.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">KPP member Rick Machado has developed a heat- and drought-resistant potato at his farm in southern California using TPS. \u201cWith conventional breeding techniques, we can create new potatoes that will produce well in heat, drought and poor soil conditions,\u201d he says. Machado dubbed this resilient new potato \u201cIsla.\u201d It has since been shared with Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, which is researching Isla\u2019s potential for large-scale commercial farming.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In Rhode Island, KPP member Nathan Pierce has worked with the greenhouse club at his daughter\u2019s high school to grow long-season potatoes that students can harvest in the fall. Their variety can tolerate pest pressure from Colorado potato beetles. \u201cThat has been very fun to see and to be a part of,\u201d says Pierce.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">To encourage farmers and gardeners to try their hand at growing potatoes with botanical seed, Caravati and the Kenosha Potato Project have launched what they call \u201cTPS Trains.\u201d Novice growers join a mailing list to have samples of seed sent to them. The Beginner\u2019s Train is open to everyone in the United States interested in participating, while the Advanced Train requires participants to donate TPS from their own gardens to be distributed as well. This has proven to be such a successful method to distribute seeds and encourage new potato growers that a similar exchange system has recently started for Canadian growers as well.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Since its inception 16 years ago, KPP has connected and inspired growers from 120 different countries, who have created countless varieties of potatoes. \u201cPotatoes are grown everywhere,\u201d says Caravati, \u201cand the Kenosha Potato Project is my way to help the world enjoy the diversity and beauty of potatoes grown from true botanical seed.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>At 30 years old, Curzio Caravati moved to the United States from Switzerland, settling into the lakeside town of Kenosha, WI, where he purchased two acres of land and began filling it with crops. It was 1995, and Caravati raised all sorts of produce, though he focused mainly on potatoes. 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