Why Over A Billion Pounds Of Potatoes Are Rotting In America
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Why Over A Billion Pounds Of Potatoes Are Rotting In America
From white-linen tablecloth restaurants to a local burger joint, potatoes for food service make up an estimated 55% of all potato crops sold in the US.
But according to Business Insider, American farmers are now stuck with billions of pounds of potatoes they can't sell--or easily dispose of.
The COVID-19 pandemic resulted in the closure of hundreds of thousands of restaurants and other cooked food outlets.