Yes, that is correct, it’s an entire museum about potatoes and it is absolutely amazing!

In Blackfoot Idaho there lies a little museum with a huge love of potatoes! This episode we speak with Tish Dahmen about the spectacular Idaho Potato Museum. Do you think potatoes came from Ireland? Well do we have some news for you. We learn all about the history of potatoes, machinery that revolutionized the agricultural industry, the Potato God, different types of potatoes, and the Potato Battle.


Episode Links:

• The Idaho Potato Museum website: https://idahopotatomuseum.com/

• The Idaho Potato Commission’s Field Force comic cartoon videos: https://idahopotato.com/video/tag/retail-videos

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