We went to an agricultural research station 45km outside of Cusco in a beautiful mountain valley.

In this greenhouse is part of the collection of wild potatoes. There are 2500 different varieties they are keeping going. Many different kinds of plants, they don't even look like potatoes.

In the foreground is quinoa growing. There are also 3000 varieties of potatoes that are growing on Incan terraces. The place was an ancient farm.

All of the Andean tubers were growing here, oca, ulluyco, mashua, and yacon besides all the potatoes. It was a fun place to visit for a permaculture geek like me.

The old colonial town near by called Zurite, had an old church in the center like most towns here.