Potato Bytes

12.12.2023

News from Northland Potato Growers Association

Serving the potato industry in North Dakota and Northwest Minnesota.

CHRISTMAS SPECIAL!

Whether you're traveling far or hosting family at home this holiday season, Northland Potato chips make the perfect quick and easy snack to keep everyone happy! And as an added bonus, we're offering a Christmas Special of just $10/case for 54 1 oz. bags.

We have a limited supply with a best buy date of January 8th so don't delay! To order, please contact our office at 218-773-3633 or email Jacey at jkuersteiner@nppga.org.

(No shipping or deliveries, pick-up only.)

Wall Street Journal Article Sparks Debate

WSJ: Why is Washington Asking Itself “Are Potatoes a Vegetable?”

From the National Potato Council

"The scientific debate isn’t easy to follow. But it sounds like a half-baked idea to Kam Quarles, chief executive of the National Potato Council," writes the Wall Street Journal in a story published yesterday titled, “Does That Potato Count as a Vegetable? The New Polarizing Food Debate.”

Is a potato a vegetable? That's what some nutrition "experts" are asking themselves, and that answer could have far-reaching effects on federal nutrition policy for decades. The WSJ reveals what the U.S. potato industry is up against and why the National Potato Council is fighting to protect America's #1 vegetable in the next version of USDA/HHS Dietary Guidelines for Americans.

Read the full story here. (You can click through the subscription offer to read the article in its entirety.)

More News from the National

Potato Council

Issued December 8, 2023

A Helping Hand at the Holidays

Last year, Northland Potatoes launched our Potato Blessing Project to help feed those in our community. Here is an update from this holiday season.

Hope Church in Grand Forks has 300 community members come in monthly to shop their food pantry. The Mission in downtown Grand Forks feeds their residents a Thanksgiving meal and also delivers meals and hands out meals to anyone in the community.

Donation to The Grand Forks Mission.

Donation to the Hope Church Food Pantry

To help with this need this past Thanksgiving, J G Hall & Sons from Hoople donated 300 pounds of potatoes to Northlands Rescue Mission and 250 pounds of potatoes to the Hope Church Food Pantry. In addition Northland Potatoes donated potato chips to the Hope Church pantry.

Northland Potatoes couldn’t be more excited about this. Many will be blessed!!

Recipe of the Week

2 Ingredient Herbed Mashed Potatoes

A simple 2-Ingredient, flavorful side dish of mashed potatoes that your family will love.

Dish: Side Dish

Potato Type: Petite

Cuisine: American

Prep Method: Boiled, Mashed

Prep Time: 5 min

Cook Time: 10 min

Servings: 6

Click here for the complete recipe from Potatoes USA

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Potato Bytes TV & Movie Trivia

Last Week's Photo

Last week's trivia photo was from the short-lived TV series The Green Hornet. The Green Hornet originated on radio in the 1930's and was in film serials in the 1940's. The TV show aired in ABC in 1966-67. Bruce Lee played Kato, The Green Hornet was played by Van Williams.

It was answered correctly by Loren Abel, Butch Kraska, Chris Homes, Karen Radke, Keith Bjorneby and Mark Thompson.