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Welcome to Potato-Cast! A Potatoes USA podcast, full of all your favorite, potato industry content. Get the latest news and insights on: - Potatoes In The Media - Potato Research - Potato Trends - Domestic and International Sales ... and more! For supporting documents visit www.PotatoesUSA.com For questions, or to be a featured guest, email [email protected]

Nematode Research: Helping Potato Farmers and Consumers 02/01/2023

Nematode Research: Helping Potato Farmers and Consumers In this episode, Potatoes USA Conversation Architect, Natalia Cervantes, interviews Inga Zasada about the latest nematode project and how it can help the potato industry increase yield and profit. Resources for this episode: For questions or feedback on Actionable Science Against Nematodes Project, please contact Alyssa Green at To learn more about Production Research at Potatoes USA, visit To be featured on Potato-Cast, email To see all the great information available about potatoes, potato nutrition, or fun ways to cook with potatoes, visit /episode/index/show/potatoesusa/id/25803180

Eye on Potatoes: Partnership with National Potato Council 12/15/2022

Eye on Potatoes: Partnership with National Potato Council In this episode, Potatoes USA Conversation Architect, Natalia Cervantes, interviews Kam Quarles, Chief Executive Officer of National Potato Council about standing up for potatoes on capitol hill and why it’s important to know about the issues that affect the potato industry. Resources for this episode: To be featured on Potato-Cast, email Learn more about Potatoes USA by visiting To see all the great information available about potatoes, potato nutrition, or fun ways to cook with potatoes, visit /episode/index/show/potatoesusa/id/25341708

Resetting the Plate: How Policy Impacts Potatoes 11/29/2022

Resetting the Plate: How Policy Impacts Potatoes In this episode, Potatoes USA Conversation Architect, Natalia Cervantes, interviews Howard Goldstein, MS, RD. Howard provides a holistic outlook on nutrition policies and the impact current potato research is making to stay ahead. White House Conference On Hunger, Nutrition, and Health: Alliance for Potato Research and Education: To be featured on Potato-Cast, email Learn more about Potatoes USA by visiting See all the great information about potatoes, potato nutrition, or fun ways to cook with potatoes; visit /episode/index/show/potatoesusa/id/25049859

Thoughts from Potato Growers: A Thanksgiving Special 11/22/2022

Thoughts from Potato Growers: A Thanksgiving Special In this episode, Potatoes USA Conversation Architect, Natalia Cervantes, interviews three growers about potatoes, performance, and their plans for Thanksgiving. Featured Guests:Kevin Schleicher, Director of Sales at Wysocki Family of Companies. Wendy Alsum-Dykstra, Chief Operating Officer at Alsum Farms & Produce. Taylor Grant, Chief Operating Officer at GRANT 4-D FARMS, LLC. :Sign-Up for To be featured on Potato-Cast, email Learn more about Potatoes USA by visiting To see all the great information available about potatoes, potato nutrition, or fun ways to cook with potatoes, visit /episode/index/show/potatoesusa/id/25100448

Doorway for Potatoes: A Visit from South of The Border 11/17/2022

Doorway for Potatoes: A Visit from South of The Border In this episode, Potatoes USA Conversation Architect, Natalia Cervantes, interviews Kayla Vogel, Senior Global Manager, and Tiffany Thompson, International Marketing Manager, about the recent Reverse Trade Mission with Mexico. To be featured on Potato-Cast, email Learn more about Potatoes USA by visiting See all the great information about potatoes, potato nutrition, or fun ways to cook with potatoes; visit /episode/index/show/potatoesusa/id/25049508

Potato Education: One Nutrition Translator Sees Opportunity 11/10/2022

Potato Education: One Nutrition Translator Sees Opportunity In this episode, Potatoes USA Conversation Architect, Natalia Cervantes, interviews the new Director of Nutrition and Industry Relations, Bonnie Johnson, MS, RD. Cervantes and Johnson discuss the various opportunities for educating those in the nutrition field about ‘quality carbohydrates.’ To be featured on Potato-Cast, email Learn more about Potatoes USA by visiting See all the great information about potatoes, potato nutrition, or fun ways to cook with potatoes; visit /episode/index/show/potatoesusa/id/24970788

Potato Nutrition and The Research Driving It Forward 09/09/2022

Potato Nutrition and The Research Driving It Forward In this episode, Potatoes USA Conversation Architect, Natalia Cervantes, unpacks the health benefits of America’s favorite vegetable, potatoes. Resources for this episode: Learn more about Potatoes USA by visiting See all the great information available about potatoes, potato nutrition, or fun ways to cook with potatoes, visit To be featured on Potato-Cast, email /episode/index/show/potatoesusa/id/24323667

John Toaspern Retirement Interview 07/07/2022

John Toaspern Retirement Interview In this episode, Potatoes USA Conversation Architect, Natalia Cervantes interviews recently retired John Toaspern. John shares his favorite memories, where he hopes to see the industry in the next 5 years, and how he is spending his free time. Special Guest: John Toaspern To be featured on Potato-Cast, please send all inquiries to [email protected] All supporting documents for data provided in this episode can be found on To see all the great information available about potatoes or new and fun ways to cook with potatoes, v /episode/index/show/potatoesusa/id/23666618

New Spud Lab Update 05/18/2022

New Spud Lab Update In this episode, Potatoes USA Conversation Architect, Natalia Cervantes shares how industry members have been utilizing the new Potatoes USA headquarters office in Denver, CO. Special Guest: Culinary Director, RJ Harvey, RDN, CEC. All supporting documents for data provided in this episode can be found on PotatoesUSA.com To see all the great information available about potatoes or new and fun ways to cook with potatoes, visit PotatoGoodness.com. /episode/index/show/potatoesusa/id/23157005

March Potato Highlights 04/20/2022

March Potato Highlights In this episode, Potatoes USA Conversation Architect, Natalia Cervantes, shares latest retail sales, potato menu trends, culinary development, and how potatoes are doing internationally. /episode/index/show/potatoesusa/id/22858805

Tuber Necrotic Research 03/31/2022

Tuber Necrotic Research In this episode, Potatoes USA Conversation Architect, Natalia Cervantes, interviews Alexander Karasev, Professor of Plant Virology at the University of Idaho. Karasev joins Potato-Cast for a discussion on the latest Tuber Necrotic Viruses Research Project and the complex measures that can keep the infection level for potato viruses below the economically significant threshold. The hope is that eventually, growers can start adopting these measures as well. /episode/index/show/potatoesusa/id/22635668

Potatoes and Soil Health 02/16/2022

Potatoes and Soil Health In this episode, Potatoes USA Conversation Architect, Natalia Cervantes, interviews Carl Rosen, Head of the Department of Soil, Water, and Climate at the University of Minnesota. Rosen joins Potato-Cast for a discussion about a soil health project that was brought to the Potato Research Advisory Committee back in 2018. /episode/index/show/potatoesusa/id/22157750

Potatoes in the Media 02/02/2022

Potatoes in the Media In this episode, Potatoes USA Conversation Architect, Natalia Cervantes, shares recent media highlights about potatoes, retail sales, menu trends and how potatoes are doing internationally. /episode/index/show/potatoesusa/id/22001906

September/October Highlights 11/16/2021

September/October Highlights In this episode, Potatoes USA Conversation Architect, Natalia Cervantes, shares the September and October highlights. /episode/index/show/potatoesusa/id/21184250

July 2021 Highlights 09/08/2021

July 2021 Highlights In this episode, Potatoes USA Conversation Architect, Natalia Cervantes, shares the July and August 2021 highlights. /episode/index/show/potatoesusa/id/20407484

Interview with Jaren Raybould 08/26/2021

Interview with Jaren Raybould In this episode, Natalia Cervantes interviews Potatoes USA Chairman, Jaren Raybould of St. Anthony, Idaho. Raybould shares insights and his vision for the industry. /episode/index/show/potatoesusa/id/20273036

June 2021 Highlights 08/01/2021

June 2021 Highlights In this episode, Potatoes USA Conversation Architect, Natalia Cervantes, shares the June 2021 highlights. /episode/index/show/potatoesusa/id/19997939

May 2021 Highlights 06/29/2021

May 2021 Highlights In this episode, Potatoes USA Conversation Architect, Natalia Cervantes, shares the May 2021 highlights. /episode/index/show/potatoesusa/id/19649849

April 2021 Highlights 05/20/2021

April 2021 Highlights In this episode, Potatoes USA Conversation Architect, Natalia Cervantes, shares the April 2021 highlights. /episode/index/show/potatoesusa/id/19178252

Potatoes at Retail 05/10/2021

Potatoes at Retail In this episode, Potatoes USA Conversation Architect, Natalia Cervantes, interviews guest Kayla Dome on the latest retail trends. /episode/index/show/potatoesusa/id/19050770

March 2021 Highlights 04/06/2021

March 2021 Highlights In this episode, Potatoes USA Conversation Architect, Natalia Cervantes, shares the recent March 2021 highlights. /episode/index/show/potatoesusa/id/18621323

February 2021 Highlights 03/04/2021

February 2021 Highlights In this episode, Potatoes USA Conversation Architect, Natalia Cervantes, shares the recent February 2021 highlights. /episode/index/show/potatoesusa/id/18184655

January 2021 Highlights 02/01/2021

January 2021 Highlights In this episode, Potatoes USA Conversation Architect, Natalia Cervantes, interviews Chief Marketing Officer, John Toaspern who shares the most recent highlights from January 2021. /episode/index/show/potatoesusa/id/17777003

2020 Highlights 01/08/2021

2020 Highlights Tater-Cast, a podcast that shares the latest potato industry updates and is brought to you by Potatoes USA. We will share highlights of the most recent potato retail trends, new potato research, potato media coverage and more! Whether it’s domestic or international, if you want to know what is happing with U.S. potatoes, you’ll want to tune in. /episode/index/show/potatoesusa/id/17474636

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