Have you ever looked at a potato and wondered how did people know to eat this? And then how did it make its way into food around the world? This has been the interest of Laurana Snyder’s for the last decade.
Snyder is the horticulturist and farm coordinator at Sinsinawa Mounds. She’ll be leading a discussion on the History of Common Vegetables via Zoom on March 9 from 12-1 p.m. and 7-8 p.m. Attendees will learn all about where food really comes from, and how humans domesticated and distributed some of the most common vegetables we consume today.
Snyder gives Mid-West Farm Report a preview of her talk, beginning with the humble spud:
Registration ends March 8, and the fee is $10 per person.
Contact 608-748-4411 or visit www.sinsinawa.org/moundcenter for more information.
Sinsinawa Mound, the motherhouse for the Dominican Sisters of Sinsinawa, is located in southwest Wisconsin on County Road Z, off Highway 11, about five miles northeast of Dubuque.
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