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Archives: June 2012

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Where the russet meets the road

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A wonderfully written article in Greenbelt Magazine by Jamie Dillon.  Click HERE and go to page 24 for the article.  

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Winner! Winner!

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Super spud on wheels

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The Great Big Idaho Potato Truck was at BJ’s Wholesale Club in Henrico County on Friday to mark the Idaho Potato Commission’s 75th year and to raise funds for Meals on Wheels. U.S. tour ambassador Ellis Nanney took a photo … Continue reading

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The Great Big Idaho Potato Truck stops in Henrico

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The Great Big Idaho Potato Truck is on a seven-month cross-country journey to celebrate the Idaho Potato Commission’s 75th Anniversary and to raise funds and awareness for Meals on Wheels and will stop in Henrico Friday, June 15. A 48-foot … Continue reading

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The Capitol and Beyond

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If you thought this week was going to be slower than the week before, you thought wrong.  In a week filled with BIG events, the crew rose to the occasion and successfully executed events that helped elevate the Famous Idaho … Continue reading

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United States Senators from Idaho Welcome Great Big Idaho Potato Truck to the Nation’s Capitol

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The U.S. Senators from Idaho, James E. Risch and Mike Crapo, today joined the President and CEO of the Idaho Potato Commission (IPC), Frank Muir, to welcome the Great Big Idaho Potato Truck when it rolled into Washington, D.C. for … Continue reading

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Halfway there: IPC’s giant potato visits D.C.

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Halfway through its seven-month cross-country tour, the 28-foot-long marketing tool of the Idaho Potato Commission stopped in Washington D.C. on June 12. The commission’s “Great Big Idaho Potato Truck” visited the U.S. Capitol, where commission president Frank Muir was on … Continue reading

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FOX45 MORNING NEWS – 06/11/12 GREAT BIG IDAHO POTATO

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The Great Big Idaho Potato rolls into the FOX45 parking lot today. The big spud is traveling across the country to raise awareness and funds for Meals on Wheels and to celebrate the Idaho Potato Commission’s 75th anniversary! Watch the … Continue reading

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The Great Big Idaho Potato Truck stops in Henrico

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The Great Big Idaho Potato Truck is on a seven-month cross-country journey to celebrate the Idaho Potato Commission’s 75th Anniversary and to raise funds and awareness for Meals on Wheels and will stop in Henrico Friday, June 15. A 48-foot … Continue reading

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Can you keep up?!

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It’s fair to compare the Famous Idaho Potato Tour Team to the distinguished Energizer Bunny. They keep going and going and going. In one week the trio had five different states under their set of eighteen wheels! With that much … Continue reading

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