Potatoes are one of the easiest and nutritious crops grown in our U.P. climate and can help provide greater food security for families and local communities alike. Experienced potato grower, Dawn Andersson from Calumet, will lead a free workshop which examines differences and benefits between seed potato versus true potato seeds (TPS). Workshop participants will learn how to use true potato seeds to develop potato strains uniquely adapted to one’s own specific growing conditions which, remarkably, results in the avoidance of almost all potato virus contamination. Fortunately, growing TPS potatoes is easy; if you can grow tomatoes, you can grow TPS potatoes. Participants will learn valuable tips and techniques based on the extensive experiences of the presenter, see interesting, never-seen-before TPS potato examples, and receive free true potato seeds to get started developing one's own, wonderfully unique potato varieties. The workshop will be held on Saturday, March 26th, at  10:30 a.m. in the Peter White Library, lower level, in the MACC.

For more information, contact Michael Riesterer at queencityseedlibrary@gmail.com or call 906-360-6839.