In the Community

This year NoKota Packers, Inc. has been proud to partner with the HCV Booster Club that supports athletics and students in our local schools in Hillsboro and Central Valley.  In September, NoKota was a Business Sponsor at a home volleyball game.  Along with our donation to the Booster Club we gave away 5 10# bags of potatoes to 5 lucky fans! In November the HCV Football team traveled to Bismarck for the Semi-Final round of playoffs.  NoKota made a donation to allow the team to travel the 3+ hours on...
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7 Nutrition Facts About Potatoes Many Consumers Don’t Know From U.S. New & World Reports Featured in the 2/2/16 issue of Potato Bytes, published by NPPGA The entire potato is nutritious.  Eat the whole thing, skin and all, if possible. One part of the potato is not more nutritious than the other – both have their own valuable nutrients. It only has 110 calories.  Sure, if you add butter, sour cream and bacon, that number rises. If you throw them in the deep fryer – ditto. (Sorry, but sweet potato...
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Like her husband, the Lost Italian (who featured our potatoes on the North Dakota Today Show – check that episode out here), Sarah Nasello wrote about how she was exposed to our NoKota spuds in her column for the Fargo Forum.  She also shares a recipe for Rosemary Smashed Potatoes that sounds amazing!  Check out the story and recipe here.

We had some excited visitors to our plant last week and were surprised to see our potatoes featured on the North Dakota Today Show – promoted as the best kept secret in the Red River Valley!  We sure think they are the best and are always proud and thankful with others think so too!  Check out the clip of Tony, The Lost Italian, from Sarello’s in Moorehead as he shares his recipe for Rosemary Roasted Red Potatoes, featuring our red potatoes! See the clip here.

One of our growers, Paul Fossum has been featured in a series of articles in the Farm & Ranch Guide outlining his long history raising potatoes.  The articles have followed Fossum from planting to bringing potatoes to storage at NoKota Packers.  Check out the most current article that features how storage is critical to the process.  Read more here.