Some potato news. Idaho surely helps feed this hungry world.
I will have to find a chart that lists all of the food crops grown in Idaho...I know that we are a top producer in the nation for many different types of Idaho grown food products: multiple fruit crops, lentils, mint, milk, kobe beef, lamb, and even sturgeon caviar...and many other products. Our ever growing wine region is really gaining the attention of the rest of the world and some of our wines beat out long standing French wines in taste tests.
The Treasure Valley for instance is an enviable breadbasket of locally grown produce and food. We should all be proud.
http://www.idahobusiness.net/archive...Idaho-Potatoes
http://www.freshplaza.com/news_detail.asp?id=29431
Fitness guru Denise Austin stepped out of the gym and into Idaho’s spectacular scenery to film a new national TV commercial for the Idaho Potato Commission (IPC). Shot on a potato farm in Eastern Idaho, the new ad launching this fall features breathtaking views of the natural environment that makes Idaho® Potatoes the best in the world.
With a backdrop of rolling potato fields, snow-capped mountains and clear, flowing rivers, Denise Austin shows that only genuine Idaho Potatoes come “from the best earth on Earth.” The IPC’s new TV ad touts Idaho’s rich environment as the secret to the state’s high-quality spuds. Idaho’s rich volcanic soil, pure water, clean air and ideal climate contribute to its plentiful potato industry accounting for roughly one-third of the U.S. fall potato crop. In fact, the Idaho Potato harvest, which runs from August through October, produces approximately 11 billion pounds of potatoes or enough spuds to fill nearly 500 NFL-size football fields (360’ L x 160’ W x 10’ H)!