POTATO POTATO
Volume 40 Issue 11 GROWER May 2009 - $3.95 - Serving The National Potato Industry - www.potatogrower.com GROWER May 2009 - $3.95 - Serving The National Potato Industry - www.potatogrower.com
ON THE COVER: INSIDE THE LRP
14 P AGE
INVITING NUTRITION. Registered Dietician Kim Kirchherr of Itasca, Ill., proudly displays supermarket potatoes from a
CONTENTS 24
P AGE
TOTAL IRRIGATION FLEXIBILTY
New Zealand grower saves water
FEATURES 14 "INSIDE THE LRP"
USPB engages supermarket registered dieticians
18 TRACEBACK TO THE FUTURE Helping growers comply with FSMA
4 Potato Grower | NOVEMBER 2011
grocery store owned by Supervalu. Starting in late 2008, the USPB has been engaging supermarket registered dieticians as a new
and exciting element to build a foundation of goodwill for potato nutrition. Photo courtesy of the USPB.
DIGGIN' IN 20 PAA MEETING HIGHLIGHTS Research abounds in North Carolina meeting
23 POTATO EXPO Don't forget the trade show
26 2011 RESEARCHER OF THE YEAR: DAVID DOUCHES
Michigan State professor awarded honor at PAA meeting
DEPARTMENTS 8 CALENDAR 10 AROUND THE VINE 12 NEW PRODUCTS 38 FINAL PASS
COLUMNS 6 FROM THE FIELD
28 UNITED STATES POTATO BOARD 34 IDAHO POTATO COMMISSION 35 UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO
36 UNITED POTATO GROWERS OF AMERICA
