Coming from California, seeing a New York farmer’s market gave me a fresh look at agriculture in the United States. As a plant science major, I am interested in the genetic variability of potato. Here in New York, there were potato types I have only seen on the Facebook page of the Kenosha Potato Project, an international hobby potato breeding group I am part of. In the first picture, we have a bicolored potato, known as the ‘Pinto’ variety, something I have never actually seen in real life until I went to the market. In the second picture, is the Adirondack Blue potato, a popular garden variety bred by Cornell that I have heard many mentions of on various gardening forums. This experience motivates me to continue my studies in plant breeding because I get to see with my own eyes the fruits (more like vegetables) of all of the labor, scientific expertise, and calculations that make the creation of these potato varieties possible. This is only a small sample of all of the exciting and unique produce that was there. I would encourage any new Cornellians, especially those from outside NY or the US to visit the farmers’ market. You could see something you have never seen before.