Brief history of the potato (potato). Where are you from?
The potato or potato is today cultivated and consumed all over the world for its edible tubers, but what is the origin of the potato? The origin of the potato must be sought in South America, in the Andean highlands, where it began to be It was cultivated by its inhabitants about 7,000 years ago. The botanical curiosity of the Spanish colonizers made them take some to Spain, but it is believed that at that time they were unaware of the nutritional properties of the potato.