2008 was the UN International Year of the Potato. My potato-farming in-laws asked me to design a celebratory shirt for their farm and we decided it would be neat to do something with the word "potato" in different languages.
They get a lot of international visitors to their farm because they do research and Pa-In-Law is on the board of CIP (Centro Internacional de la Papa - or International Potato Center in English). They give the shirts away to visitors so these things have spread all over the world now. There are some in Peru, China, The Phillipines, and I think one even got worn by an Irishman in NYC on St. Patrick's day!!
Now the shirt has made it to pg. 21 of "Top Crop Manager" - that's probably like Rolling Stone for farmers! And it's being worn by the potato-famous Dr. Banks (though she is looking a little happy despite the caption about "devastating late-blight disease" below her picture).
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