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Eye on Potatoes: A Podcast on All Things Potatoes
English - July 23, 2021 14:00 - 31 minutes - 21.7 MBBusiness News Politics public policy legislation regulations farming nutrition environmental trade Homepage Download Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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NPC 2021 President and Maine potato grower Dominic Lajoie and NPC CEO Kam Quarles sat down with us to preview next week's Summer Meeting Virtual and update the industry on a number of policy development that have occurred since the Annual Meeting in February, including:
NPC’s efforts over the pandemic to secure $350 million for growers to offset foodservice disruptions; Ongoing negotiations between the U.S. and Mexico to reinstate access to U.S. fresh potatoes; and, The latest efforts on Capitol Hill to address comprehensive immigration reform, including ag labor reform.For information about or to register for NPC's Summer Meeting, July 26-28, visit nationalpotatocouncil.org/summer-meeting.