A friend e-mailed this flyer yesterday. I didn't know whether to laugh or cry.

Please, if anyone wants to contribute, I would love to hear your great potato song/poem. Tell your friends and your friend's friends; this could be the event of the year.

BERMUDA FARMERS MARKET
Potato Festival
May 14, 2005
BULL'S HEAD CAR PARK
8am to 2pm

A potato festival is being planned for the above date. The purpose of a the festival is to create a higher profile for local agriculture and the Farmers Market. By selecting one crop during its harvest time it will provide an opportunity to educate the public about that crop. Why Potatoes?

a) it is the only staple food we grow in Bermuda and the growing of them must not die out
b) it is traditionally a very important local cash crop and stores well
c) it is nutritionally an important crop in spite of its current reputation
with dieters.
d) potato festivals are held in many parts of the world even in Asian
countries where rice is the staple
e) we have severe competition from imported potatoes and this would be an opportunity to nurture local passion for local potatoes.

Activities planned for the festival.One week prior to the festival May 7th - potato picking for persons of all ages at one or two farms.
a) potato peeling contest
b) potato planting and harvesting equipment at the market
c) potato education table with sample potato varieties, nutritional info., potato in many languages, history
d) potato printing
e) healthy potato dish theme by chefs representing local restaurants
f) vendors with foods made with potatoes ie, codfish cakes, rotis, pirogis, potato pancakes
g) potato art and crafts
h) music and poetry - songs and poems about potatoes by local musicians and children
i) guess how many potatoes are in the sack
j) a potato mascot (child or adult wearing a potato costume)
k) if it can be quickly organized....the crowning of the Potato King of the
Year