Farm to School
Oregon Potato Commission believes in supporting families, schools, and other groups in their endeavors to garden together and eat what they grow!
Grow This! Driving Sales of and Access to Specialty Crops
Oregon's #1 vegetable is making splash with the Grow This! campaign to bring seed potatoes and vegetable seeds to thousands of students in classrooms across every county in the state. It's scientifically proven if children grow it they will eat it........and school kids eat more of every green vegetable on the plate when they're served with potatoes. Grow This! teaches kids how potatoes are planted, grown harvested and consumed in healthy ways. Ethnically diverse materials are made available for Indigenous peoples, African heritage, Micronesian and Latinx.
All of this is accomplished in partnership with Oregon State University, private businesses, other agricultural organizations, Oregon Department of Education, Master Gardeners, Food Hero and numerous cultural organizations.
