Ok gonna live tweet Zac's #DownToEarthWithZacEfron Ep. 5 on @netflix over lunch now netflix.com/title/80230601 
Bunch of introductory stuff about apples, which misses out on the whole bear story, which is a pity agro.biodiver.se/2016/05/the-ad…
Ok we're in Peru now, but no, my dude, Peru is not home to 70% of the Earth's species. That's the 10 megadiverse countries TOGETHER. Cool shots of Lima, though, one of most interesting cities in the world.
Not sure I'd put biopiracy at the same level as deforestation of the Amazon as a threat to Peruvian biodiversity, but anyway.
And here we are at @Cipotato
Largest collection of "potato strains in the world"? Yep. genesys-pgr.org/a/overview/v2D…
About to enter the #genebank
Great shot of the @Cipotato complex in Lima
No, they're not all called "doomsday vaults", Bioversity is misspelled and IRRI is missing, but nice for the @cgiar to get a shout-out
Zac's narration gets a bit apocalyptic, but nice to be brought back to earth with something about #biofortification of sweetpotato in Africa
Infographic on the nutritional value of potatoes could have done with comparing content with daily needs or something
Ok, quick interchange on the need to breed varieties that can cope with climate change, then we have a look at the in vitro collection.
So we don't get the full name but on the far left is Rainer Vollmer, cryo-guru. cipotato.org/genebankcip/pr…
No, sorry, here's the full name, nice.
Yep, that's #genebanks
Correct, more or less genesys-pgr.org/a/overview/v25…
Nice discussion of black-box safety duplication
Now the seed store
More than just cool, dude, but yeah, very cool.
Ok, cryo now, super-cool
Bit of nonsense about liquid N
Oh great, Andean Roots and Tubers getting their 15 minutes too, thanks to Ivan Manrique cipotato.org/blog/the-growi…
Taste of yacon syrup, and we're out the gate, for some reflection on what makes a "superfood".
Wait, it's illegal to grow yacon outside Peru? That can't be right. Maybe it's illegal to export genetic material?
On to BIOPIRACY now...
Some nonsense about Chinese maca being genetically modified
And we're on to Peruvian food. Virgilio Martinez first en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virgilio_…
He uses 55 varieties of potato.
Incredible menu at Virgilio's restaurant Central. Now the market.
Lucuma juice looks nice. And the boys are off skateboarding.
A vegan birthday meal, sand dune surfing, and we're out. A couple of things I would have changed, but not bad overall.
