Obeye aziwe njengo 'Johnny Potato Imbewu', lo mlimi omncane uphendule isiqephu somhlaba eWisconsin saba yisizinda senhlangano yokuzalanisa amazambane emhlabeni jikelele, kubhala. UBevin Cohen esihlokweni sezindaba se Umlimi Wanamuhla.
Lapho eneminyaka engu-30 ubudala, uCurzio Caravati wathuthela e-United States esuka eSwitzerland, wazinza edolobheni eliseceleni kwechibi iKenosha, WI, lapho athenga khona indawo engamahektha amabili futhi waqala ukuyigcwalisa ngezitshalo. Kwakungu-1995, futhi uCaravati wakhulisa zonke izinhlobo khiqiza, nakuba ayegxile kakhulu emazambaneni. Manje, cishe ngemva kweminyaka engamashumi amathathu, indawo yakhe encane isiwumgogodla wenhlangano yomhlaba wonke yokuzalanisa amazambane.
I-Caravati yasungula i- Iphrojekthi ye-Kenosha Potato (KPP) ngo-2007. Nakuba okokuqala wayehlose njengeqembu le-Facebook elilula ukwabelana ngemizamo yakhe ekutshaleni amazambane ezitsheni, i-KPP yakhula ngokushesha yaba umphakathi waku-inthanethi wezinkulungwane zabalimi abasafufusa nabanolwazi lwamazambane abavela emhlabeni wonke. Enkabeni yalo mphakathi okhula ngokushesha kukhona amajikijolo amazambane athobekile.
Imbewu etholakala ngaphakathi kwejikijolo lamazambane, eyaziwa nangokuthi i-True Potato Seed (TPS) noma imbewu yezitshalo, ingaba yisihluthulelo sokuthuthukisa izinhlobo zamazambane ezintsha ezingagcini nje ngokuphila esimweni sezulu esishintshayo kodwa futhi ezichumayo kuwo.
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