Berlin Distributes Free Potatoes After Record 25-Year Harvest Creates Surplus
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Summary
Berlin is experiencing a massive potato giveaway after an exceptional harvest produced the highest potato yield in 25 years, creating a surplus that farmers are distributing for free across the city. The 'Kartoffel-Flut' (potato flood) has led to organized distribution points where soup kitchens, homeless shelters, schools, churches, and non-profit organizations can collect free potatoes. The bumper crop has overwhelmed even Germany's potato-loving population, which consumes an average of 63kg per person annually.
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The exceptional glut of potatoes produced by farmers during the last harvest has overwhelmed even the hardiest of fans.
Named the Kartoffel-Flut (potato flood), after the highest yield in 25 years, the bumper crop has inspired one farmer to organise a potato dump on Berlin.
Soup kitchens, homeless shelters, kindergartens, schools, churches and non-profit organisations are hauling away tonnes of surplus spuds after the biggest crop in 25 years.
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