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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Kate Connolly in Berlin

Record harvest sparks mass giveaway of free potatoes across Berlin

A warehouse full of potatoes
The agricultural company Osterland Agrar GmbH’s 4,000-tonne surplus of potatoes in a warehouse in Frohburg, near Leipzig. Photograph: Dpa Picture Alliance/Alamy

Germans love their potatoes. They eat on average 63kg a person every year, according to official statistics.

But the exceptional glut of potatoes produced by farmers during the last harvest has overwhelmed even the hardiest of fans.

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