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Eating intellectually active sweet potatoes for breakfast, lunch, and dinner.

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Friday, February 10, 2012

"Red Dot worked closely with the University of Wisconsin's agricultural department to create the perfect potato for chips. The University continued to do research in this area after Red Dot folded and in 1990 introduced the Snowden potato, now considered the ultimate chipping potato."

The Wisconsin Historical Society has the story...  as Fred & Kathryne Meyer enter the Wisconsin Potato & Vegetable Growers Association Hall of Fame

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Labels: agriculture, history, Madison, the UW, Wisconsin, Wisconsin Historical Society

Sunday, August 7, 2011

Local potato heros

Right here in Madison, Wisconsin!


Geneticists Dennis Halterman (left) and Shelley Jansky
Posted by Meade at 7:16 PM 2 comments:
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Labels: agriculture, Madison, pathology
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