Potatoes are America’s favorite vegetable. The average American eats about 46 pounds of spuds every year. So growing potatoes is an important job! And those valuable veggies start from somewhere – a seed. Brooke Babler is the associate program director for the Wisconsin Seed Potato Certification Program. It takes a lot of manpower, time, and resources to ensure seed potatoes are of high quality for commercial growers, even going to test plots in Hawaii. Babler walks us through the extensive certification process that keeps Wisconsin's potato industry strong. Wisconsin is the top third potato-producing state.

Potatoes are America’s favorite vegetable. The average American eats about 46 pounds of spuds every year. So growing potatoes is an important job! And those valuable veggies start from somewhere – a seed. Brooke Babler is the associate program director for the Wisconsin Seed Potato Certification Program. It takes a lot of manpower, time, and resources to ensure seed potatoes are of high quality for commercial growers, even going to test plots in Hawaii. Babler walks us through the extensive certification process that keeps Wisconsin's potato industry strong. Wisconsin is the top third potato-producing state.

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