The “Great Idaho Potato Grab” is happening Saturday and you get can a free bag of spuds thanks to some local businesses.

Around 250 people are expected to attend the Big Idaho Potato Harvest Meeting, slated Nov. 12 in Pocatello. Idaho State University’s Bengal Alumni Center event hall, 1601 E. Bonneville St., hosts the ...

BOISE, Idaho — Potato enthusiasts, unite. Idaho's famous New Year's Eve Potato Drop could be award-winning with some help from readers. The event is nominated for USA Today's 10BEST Readers' Choice ...

DENVER, Nov. 5, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Every harvest season is a reminder of where our food begins: in the soil, cared for by the hands of dedicated farmers. This fall, Potatoes USA invites Americans to ...

Fireworks light up the sky as the giant potato is lowered to celebrate the arrival of 2022 at the Idaho Potato Drop in downtown Boise by the state Capitol. Sarah A. Miller [email protected] ...

Steve Elfering, 1,4Group Inc. CEO and Potatoes USA board chair for 2025-2026. (Courtesy Potatoes USA) Potatoes USA at its recent annual meeting elected Steve Elfering of Boise, Idaho, as board chair.

Students get a look behind the scenes at Gross Farms, which donated more than 500 potatoes to Wilder High School.

As the potato harvest approaches, eastern Idaho farmers are hoping to improve on a middling 2014 crop. Nobody is predicting a banner harvest. But demand appears healthy, experts said, while overall ...

An open bag of potato chips, its contents spilling forth. - Aleksandr Zubkov/Getty Images If you know one thing about Idaho, it's that it is the potato capital of America. (If you know two things, ...