Antigo, WI – Have you ever been a farmer? Have you ever worked out in a field like a farmer, planting your crops and monitoring their growth? Have you ever watched your hard work pay off as your crops travel to a processing plant, into consumers’ carts at the grocery store and eventually onto their dinner plates?
If you didn’t think experiencing all of the above was possible, hang onto your Wisconsin potatoes, because the Wisconsin Spudmobile will make it possible in one exciting visit!
With eye-catching and vibrant, colorful graphics that draw you in, the ‘Field to Fork’ exhibit will be hard to miss as it visually takes visitors through a potato field and shows the beginnings of America’s favorite vegetable. Visitors can then control a wall-mounted tablet to plant, grow, harvest and process their own crop, which the game concludes by taking them to the dinner tables.
It’s a hands-on approach the Wisconsin Potato and Vegetable Growers Association (WPVGA) says will help people learn and remember where their food comes from. “With all the changes society has and continues to go through, we need to remind families and younger generations about all the hard work Wisconsin growers do to make sure their potatoes and vegetables are the highest quality for the greatest value each and every year,” says WPVGA Director of Promotions Dana Rady.”
This exhibit is the perfect way, Rady adds, to give people a front row seat to see what happens behind the scenes, and let them be farmers for a day without traveling to a farm. For the Wisconsin potato and vegetable growers, that’s a priceless bonus. Keep your eyes peeled for the Wisconsin Spudmobile, set to hit the road this summer.
WPVGA is a non-profit organization that represents and promotes state potato and vegetable growers. We currently represent more than 300 members and affiliates. For more information on our commitment to sustainable agriculture, jobs and water use, visit www.wisconsinpotatoes.com.
Source: Wisconsin Potato and Vegetable Growers Association (WPVGA)