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Good morning and welcome to Kid News.

I'm Tori.

Today is Tuesday, April 2, 2024.

As you know, our team is taking a little spring break this week, so in place of our usual super timely news podcast,

we've got another Best of episode. Today is all about science.

And we begin with the Great Potato Debate. Does it count as a vegetable?

Botanically, scientists say yes, but nutritionally, maybe not so much. And now federal dietary experts who decide what can be served in your school cafeteria

may vanquish it from the veggies category and regroup it as a grain alongside rice and wheat.

According to the Wall Street Journal, the Spud Sparing is not sitting well with the National

Potato Council, which wants potatoes to stay put and be considered a gateway to greens.

The grain industry is also pretty fried by the thought.

It doesn't want competition from the tubers.

Across the pond in Great Britain, thisater tug of war was settled years ago.

The country's health council determined that

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