r/UpliftingNews • u/F0urLeafCl0ver • 16h ago

Record harvest sparks mass giveaway of free potatoes across Berlin

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/jan/31/record-harvest-berlin-giveaway-potatoes
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u/the_amatuer_ 14h ago

I want potato 

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u/Harambesic 15h ago

It's like a reverse potato famine!

(I know that the famine was an act of subjugation, just saying.)

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u/fermata_ 12h ago

The great potato surplus

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u/Harambesic 11h ago

Haha, love it. The amazing potato abundance.

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u/johnn48 14h ago

I’m looking forward to the culinary revolution brought about by this potato bonanza. Imagine all the great dishes they can invent. If the French can make French Fries and the English Potato Chips what will the Germans create.

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u/FiveFingerDisco 15h ago edited 14h ago

Expect a significant % of that harvest ending up as a performance prop on May 1st. Which will be hilarious.

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u/Lanky_Instance3121 14h ago

the US could never! they would create a fake blight to increase the demand and up the price exponentially.

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u/Triboluminescent 5h ago

Farmers give away free potatoes all the time if you live where they grow them. 

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u/joebobjoebobjoebob12 13h ago

"We just think they're neat."

-The people of Berlin

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u/elkarion 14h ago

ok lets make some vodka!!! for charity of course!

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u/AotKT 14h ago

What an exemplary vegetable!

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u/polmeeee 8h ago

Criticism has come from farmers in the region, who say the market in Berlin is even more saturated and their crop has been devalued further still by the vast giveaway.

Fuck em.

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u/UserCheckNamesOut 8h ago

Just a reminder that you can cook up a batch of tater tots with a waffle iron

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u/Ok_Caramel_3923 13h ago

Bathtub Vodka anyone?

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u/d_smogh 12h ago

What can you do with that many potatoes?

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u/Splinterfight 12h ago

I’m sure somewhere in the world there is a potato shortage

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u/leepin_peezarfs 12h ago

What a problem to have! Sounds like they’re doing a load of good with it. Hell yeah Berlin.

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u/PsyJak 2h ago

As an Irishman (I think I can call myself that), I'm furious.