Potatoes Then and Now

How Already Great Potatoes Get Better All The Time!

Washivore has a put a page on their website worth checking out. The site has a video from Washington Grown promoting specialty potatoes and interesting potato trivia and facts.

Here is some of the fun stuff you’ll find on the site:

Potatoes were first grown in Washington State by a Spanish explorer as early as 1792.

300 potato growers in the Skagit Valley and Eastern Washington enjoy perfect potato-growing conditions.

Washington produces 20 percent of all US potatoes.

All current-day potato varieties derive from two wild ancestors.

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