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34 POTATO GROWER | JANUARY 2021 his wife Audrey. Carl and Audrey had five daughters, all of whom helped out on the farm. Carl was always active in his community, serving on boards and working for the betterment of the potato industry in Colorado. He received many awards over the years, such as the Colorado Master Seedsman award and the National Potato Council's Seed Grower of the Year, all reflecting on his contributions to the agricultural community and the potato industry. In the mid- 1970s, Carl and his partner Dick Boyce started their own packing shed, Hi-land Potato Company, to pack and ship their commercial potatoes. Having their own shed complemented Carl's growing seed business that was shipping large volumes of seed potatoes to California. Bob and Gail (Worley) Mattive joined Carl in 1982. In 1984, daughter Carla Worley returned to farm with Carl. Worley Seed was growing. With the move to center pivot irrigation, an on- farm tissue culture lab and greenhouse for seed production and additional farming partners the farm thrived. Carl enjoyed the challenges of trying new things, whether that meant new potato varieties or new equipment designs. That innovative passion has migrated down through the generations that continue to follow in his footsteps. He began his career row-watering and hand-harvesting potatoes and lived to experience computerized center pivots and million-dollar harvest equipment that harvest more potatoes in 10 minutes than he did in a whole day when he started out. The farm always has 15 to 20 different varieties under evaluation and production. In the late 1990s, Carl and some partners built a dehy plant that was desperately needed in the San Luis Valley. That plant, now owned by Idaho Pacific, is still in operation today. Carl watched his last crop go into the bin in 2018, but A harvest crew of high schoolers help with potato harvest in 1976. The board of the Colorado Certified Potato Growers Association seed board evaluates a new cultivar developed by the Colorado State University Breeding Program in the San Luis Valley.