Yearly Archives: 2020
Healthy Grown Integrates into National Sustainability Programs
Program helps growers use research-based production and Integrated Pest Management protocols By Deana Knuteson, Ph.D., Healthy Grown and Wisconsin ag sustainability programs The award winning Healthy Grown® potato and vegetable sustainability program has been certifying high bar potatoes and vegetables in Wisconsin for 20 years!…
Interview with Mark Haynes
By Joe Kertzman, managing editor, Badger Common’Tater In 1976, as a senior at Appleton West High School, Mark Haynes saw a video presentation given by a group of University of Wisconsin (UW)-Madison students from the College of Agricultural and Life Sciences. “I thought agronomy looked…
Grilled Brat and Hash Brown Pizza
Column and photos by Ali Carter, Wisconsin Potato Growers Auxiliary Who doesn’t love a fun challenge? When you combine that challenge with food, it’s all the more enjoyable to play along. And this is exactly what my family and I did when we were invited…
Heartland Farms Embraces Technology & Sustainability
Taking it a step further, the venerable Wisconsin potato operation shares ideas and info By Joe Kertzman, managing editor, Badger Common’Tater Currently farming approximately 27,000 irrigated acres, Heartland Farms, Inc., of Hancock, Wisconsin, has long been dedicated to sustainability and best management practices in its…
Interview with Yi Wang
By Joe Kertzman, managing editor, Badger Common’Tater Growing up in a large metropolitan area in China, Yi Wang earned her bachelor’s degree in biological science from Nanjing Agricultural University. Wang had big shoes to fill, as her uncle, Renyi Zhang, is a distinguished professor of…
Grilled Pork Burgers
This twist on the classic hamburger and fries is packed with flavor Column and photos by Ali Carter, Wisconsin Potato Growers Auxiliary With August comes the impending close of summer here in Wisconsin. While my husband tends to grill year-round, it is not nearly as…
WPVGA Navigates Uncharted Waters
An update on a few highlights for the potato and vegetable industry By Tamas Houlihan, Executive Director, WPVGA When the Wisconsin Department of Health Services issued the Safer at Home Order, on March 25, the Wisconsin Potato & Vegetable Growers Association (WPVGA), along with millions…
Interview with Julie Cartwright
By Joe Kertzman, managing editor, Badger Common’Tater Strategically located and landlocked between railroad tracks and truck access roads in Plover, Wisconsin, Jay-Mar, Inc., “Your Total Agri Supplier,” celebrates its 50th anniversary in 2020. Those 50 years of successful business have seen Jay-Mar, Inc. evolve from…
Air Fryer Potato Fries with Sauce
Column and photos by Ali Carter, Wisconsin Potato Growers Auxiliary The weeks of stay-at-home mandates and favorite restaurants boarded up with “Closed Due to COVID-19” signs on their doors had an interesting impact on some families. Many suddenly found themselves in the unfamiliar territory of…
Potato is a Nutrition Powerhouse
Where diets offer empty promises, potatoes give people their deserved fill By Ben Harris, research associate manager, and John Toaspern, chief marketing officer, Potatoes USA Back when the potato was still seen as a novelty by most of the world, Andean people were way ahead…
