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UPCOMING EVENTS February 18 NPPGA Research Reporting Conference Grand Forks, ND SCHEDULE February 18 NPPGA Annual Meeing & Banquet Grand Forks, ND February 19-20 Interrnational Crop Expo Grand Forks, ND POTATO PROGRAM SCHEDULE July 16 NPPGA Golf Open Park River, ND August 27 NPPGA Field Day Larimore, Forest River Colony, Hoople, ND August 28-29 Potato Days Festival Barnesville, MN Sept. 29-Oct. 3 Potato Bowl USA Grnd Forks-East Grand Forks |
NORTHERN PLAINS POTATO GROWERS ASSOCIATION
     MOLLY YEH TO APPEAR AT CROP EXPO - Northern Plains Potato Growers Association is pleased to announce that it has scheduled Molly Yeh, the star of The Food Network's Girl Meets Farm to make a personal appearance at the International Crop Expo on Thursday, February 20th.Yeh will speak briefly and answer questions in Ballroom 4 at the Alerus Center at 1:00 PM followed by an appearance at the NPPGA booth on the Crop Expo floor from 2:00 to 3:00 PM where she will sign her new book, Molly on the Range. Copies of the book will be for sale at both appearances. Molly lives with her husband Nick Hagen and their baby daughter on a farm near East Grand Forks. Nick's grandfather Cliff Hagen was the Chairman of the Board for the Red River Valley Potato Growers Association in 1966-67. The Hagen farm and the Greater Grand Fork area is the actual taping location for her hit television show Girl Meets Farm. The Northern Plains Potato Growers Association (NPPGA) home office is located in East Grand Forks, Minnesota. The association serves the potato growers and the potato industry in all of North Dakota and northwest Minnesota through funding research and providing legislative, operational and marketing support. NPPGA is supported by over 200 grower members and has over 250 Potato Associate members. The Northern Plains is the 3rd largest potato growing region in the U.S. and produces potatoes for four distinct markets; frozen processing, fresh market, potato chips and certified seed. The Red River Valley is the largest red potato producing region in the country.  RedRiverValleyPotatoes.com Red River Valley Potatoes on Facebook  Valley Potato Grower Magazine  PotatoBowl.com Potato Bowl USA on Facebook |
