Peru: Film released on Potato Biodiversity
“Opening the Earth: The Potato King” is a documentary about Peruvian Julio Hancco, one of the few remaining true guardians of biodiversity left in the world.
Julio Hancco lives in the Andes Mountains, at an elevation of 14,600 feet, and he is a monument to an ancient time. As a child, he was passed down 60 varieties of native potatoes from his ancestors, which he has cross-bred into over 350 varieties. He cannot read or write, has no running water, and uses no modern farming equipment. Yet he manages to grow more varieties of potatoes than most modernized nations on our planet.
“Opening the Earth: The Potato King” is an O Films production in association with the Andean Alliance for Sustainable Development (AASD). The AASD has been working with agriculture communities over 15,000 feet in the Andes Mountains of Peru for over 10 years.
VIDEO: https://vimeo.com/304865499
Source: potatogrower.com
Fuente: https://www.freshplaza.com/article/9061705/film-released-on-potato-biodiversity/
