Raven's View

Rise up out of the dirt, raise your eyes to the sky, long for that glorious day when you are stripped of your skin, boiled alive, whipped into a creamy mound, and finally, smothered with scalding hot gravy

Just in case you'd started to think the United Nations was becoming less relevant - take heart. They have declared 2008 to be the Year of the Potato. There's even an official web site. The National Post has a humourous look at this here.