Alaska: Warm summer brings near-record fall potato harvest

This time of year, farmer Ben VanderWeele spends nearly every morning the same way. He oversees hundreds of tons of potatoes as they’re cleaned, set on a conveyor belt and put into storage. “We’ve got spuds. We had a good crop,” VanderWeele said. On Tuesday morning, VanderWeele’s crews were only about halfway through this year’s harvest, but they had to[Read More...]