How Can You Encourage Your Kids to Eat Their Veggies?
Meal time can often be challenging. You want your children to eat their veggies and they just want to push them around on their plates. There’s hope. One our favorite resources is the Meal Makeover Moms. Their mission? Helping you provide “healthy meals with kid appeal.” Not only do they take meals and make them […]
Eat Heart Smart
Potatoes are a heart healthy food choice — they’re free of cholesterol, fat and sodium. They’re also a great source of fiber. So when we saw Cooking Light’s list of 10 Foods That Lower Cholesterol, we took note. On that list was black beans — a great legume rich in nearly five grams of soluble […]
Warm up with Poblano and Pepper Wisconsin Potato Soup
Brrrrr…it’s cold out there! Need to warm up? We have the perfect potato solution: Poblano and Pepper Wisconsin Potato Soup — the winning recipe from our Warm Up in Winter with Wisconsin Potatoes Recipe Contest. See how easy it is to make:
Planting Potatoes to End Hunger in Ethiopia
Ethiopian Sustainable Food Project achieves success in one of the most challenging areas of the world Ethiopia is the second most populous African nation with nearly 84 million people, and the tenth largest African country by area. It is the source of over 85% of the total Nile River water flow. Ethiopia underwent a series […]
Restoring the Little Plover River
Wisconsin potato growers care about the environment — and preservation of natural water systems is important to all of us. To that end, we’ve joined a cooperative effort of agricultural, academic and local government officials to restore the Little Plover River. This effort includes the development of a sophisticated computer model aimed at helping maintain […]
Do you know how to store your potatoes?
How you store your potatoes does matter — really. While potatoes are very versatile, easy to make and easy to store — they do have a very few specific storage requirements. Here are a few key things to remember when storing your fresh potatoes. Always store potatoes in a cool, well ventilated place. A dark pantry […]
Wisconsin Potato Grower Donating Tons of Wisconsin Seed Potatoes to Farmers in Ghana and Liberia
Wisconsin potato growers are involved in numerous projects around the globe to help feed struggling nations. Here’s the latest example. In January 2012, Larry Alsum, President and CEO of Alsum Farms & Produce Inc., and Derrick Smit, Safety and Training Coordinator at Alsum, spent two weeks in Liberia and Ghana working alongside local farmers, sharing […]
New Year, New Flavors
January can seem like a long month. The holidays are over, the cold weather has really set in and spring seems like a long way off. So spice up your January — and start your New Year — with some new flavors. Let’s start with the robust, warm curries and chutneys of Indian cooking. Kootu […]
