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Podcast: Eye on Potatoes: A Podcast on All Things Potatoes
Episode: Potato LEAF Approaches 2020 Fundraising Goal
Description: Host Lane Nordland and Mike Wenkel, COO of the National Potato Council, sit down to discuss the first 11 months of the newly formed Potato Leadership, Education, and Advancement Foundation (Potato LEAF). From a successful launch at Potato Expo 2020, Potato LEAF challenged the industry with a $2 million fundraising goal to support the Foundation's Legacy Fund, designed to fund programs like the Potato Industry Leadership Institute well into the future. Despite dealing with a pandemic, Mike shares how the U.S. potato industry has risen to the challenge and is on the cusp of hitting its funding goal. He a...