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Chris Voigt, executive director of the Washington State Potato Commission, was recently featured in Wired Magazine. He highlights the nutritional value of potatoes having personally demonstrated their benefits by thriving on a two-month potato-only diet. He criticizes the decline in fresh potato consumption, attributing it to the rise of frozen potatoes (mostly in the form of french fries) and argues for a rebranding of the spud. Voigt’s advocacy underscores the need to recognize potatoes as a nutritious staple rather than a second-class vegetable.
Read the full story here: https://www.wired.com/story/potatoes-are-the-perfect-vegetable-but-youre-eating-them-wrong
