Where were potatoes first grown?
Potatoes were first domesticated in the Andes Mountains of South America, in what's now Peru and Bolivia, thousands of years ago.
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- Where is the Garlic Capital of the World?
“Gilroy, California, calls itself the Garlic Capital of the World.”
Reference: City of Gilroy
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Did ancient Egyptians eat garlic?
Ancient Egyptian pyramid workers were fed garlic.
Wind power fact about California
In 1990 in California alone, wind power offset the emission of more than 2.5 billion pounds of carbon dioxide and 15 million pounds of other pollutants - the same amount of air quality provided by more than 150 million trees.