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“Try this experiment: Buy a conventional potato in a store, and try to get it to sprout. It won’t,” says Moyer, who is also farm director of the Rodale Institute (also owned by Rodale Inc., the publisher of Prevention). “I’ve talked with potato growers who say point-blank they would never eat the potatoes they sell. They have separate plots where they grow potatoes for themselves without all the chemicals.”
7 Foods Even Food Safety Experts Won't Eat
Seeded on Tue Jan 31, 2012 8:47 AM EST
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That is very interesting article, thanks for posting. One problem, the potatoes I buy of the non-organic kind constantly sprout so what is that about?
#1 - Tue Jan 31, 2012 1:56 PM ESTNon-organically grown potatoes will still sometimes begin sprouting buds but if you were to try to continue the process until you have a vine flowering plant, it would likely wither and mold before that happened. See this child's simple experiment with sweet potatoes here: http://youtu.be/exBEFCiWyW0
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