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title: “Germans love their potatoes … but the exceptional glut of potatoes … inspired one farmer to organise a potato dump on Berlin”
url: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/jan/31/record-harvest-berlin-giveaway-potatoes
edition: /collider/2026-02-10/index.edition.md
position: 7
date: 2026-02-10
source: mailchimp
original: https://mailchi.mp/pathwright/collider-february-10-26
retrieved: 2026-11-09
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author: /people/justin-hall.person.md
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🥔 **[“Germans love their potatoes … but the exceptional glut of potatoes … inspired one farmer to organise a potato dump on Berlin”.](https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/jan/31/record-harvest-berlin-giveaway-potatoes)** There’s too many spuds so they’re giving them away. It’s bananas (by which I mean “potatoes”).

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