Spud Nation Truck to Appear at N.Y. Event

Published online: Jul 19, 2016
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The Spud Nation food truck, a 2016 initiative of Potatoes USA, will be at Empire Farm Days, Aug. 9-11 at Rodman Lott and Son Farms in Seneca Falls, N.Y.

The truck will source potatoes for its globally inspired menu at the 2016 Empire Farm Days from McCormick Farms in Bliss, N.Y., and Williams Farms in Marion, N.Y. McCormick Farms grows 2,650 acres of potatoes in western New York. Williams Farms is a potato grower and packer for the fresh market and the longstanding potato provider for Empire Farm Days vendors.

Nonprofit organizations manage all of the food options at Empire Farm Days. The vendors include the New York Beef Producers Association, New York Corn and Soybean Growers Associaiton, New York Pork Producers, Lockland School, Ovid Willard Lions Club, Seneca County Cornell Cooperative Extension 4-H Program, Seneca Falls Rotary, Seneca Falls Fire Department, South Seneca Sportsman Club, Spud Nation, and Fowlers Taffy of Sarasota, Florida.

In the Cornell Marketplace, the Women for New York State Wines offer a taste of Welch’s grape juice, bottled in western New York, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. From 1 to 4 p.m., the ladies of the promotional arm of the New York State Wine Grape Growers offer a taste of New York wines from white to red to ice wine. Just behind the building, volunteers will roast sweet corn for purchase.

The Empire State Potato Growers booth will be handing out free bags of potato chips. 

Learn more at www.empirefarmdays.com or (877) 697-7837.