Kids Dig SpudsFuel your Kids for Fitness, Fun & LearningActive kids need energy to play and nutrients to fuel healthy growth. Complex carbohydrates, found in potatoes give them plenty of both. A potato is loaded with enough vitamins and minerals that our body needs so you could eat them every day!
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With our partner, Agriculture For Life, we are now offering the 2026 Spuds in Tubs program. The Program is brought to you by our incredible sponsors: The McCain Foundation S.L.M Spud Farms Ltd. Old Dutch Foods Limited Promax Agronomy Services Independent Crop Inputs Miyanaga Farms Alberta Potato Industry Associates Witdouck Farms 2021 Klearidge Farms Seed potatoes donated EPG Fertilizer donated by ICI To donate to the program, please call the PGA office
Greenhouse Partners
Salisbury Greenhouse – Sherwood Park Salisbury at Enjoy – St.Albert Parkland Nurseries & Garden Centre – Red Deer Blue Grass Nursery, Sod, and Garden Centre – Calgary Green Haven Garden Centre – Lethbridge Sunnyside Nursery – Taber Windmill Garden Centre and Butterfly House – Medicine Hat |
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Activities & Learning Material
Grade 4+ Activity sheets |
Nutrition poster |
Potato Industry infographic |
CLASSROOM INFOGRAPHICS |
WHAT ARE PROCESSED POTATOES MADE INTO? |
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PGA Farmers Direct 
Want to learn more about potatoes and farming right from the people growing your food? Here's a list of some of our potato farmers in your area available for farm tours, virtual tours or other events coming up related to agriculture and spuds:
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MD of Taber/Turin Serfas Farms - Dustin Monson Type of Potatoes: Process Other Crops: Potatoes, Corn, Cereals (Wheat, Barley, Rye, Triticale), Peas, Seed Canola MD of Taber / Barnwell CP Farms Ltd. - Hanneke Camps Type of Potatoes: Process, seed and fresh Other Crops: Sugar beets, seed canola, malting barley, grain corn, winter wheat and spring wheat MD of Taber/Grassy Lake Grassy Lake Potato Co. - Travis Elford Type of Potatoes: Fresh, seed, process Other Crops: None |
Sturgeon County Groot Farms - Michael Groot Type of Potatoes: Seed Other Crops: Barley, canola, faba beans, peas, wheat County of 40 Mile Quattro Ventures - Emily Ford Type of Potatoes: Process, seed , fresh Other crops: Cereals, essential oils, sugarbeets, hemp, beans, peas, seed canola, grass seed |
Lethbridge County
403 Farms Ltd. - Lloyd Vossebelt Type of Potatoes: process Other Crops: Edible beans, hybrid canola, cereals, forage Lethbridge County/Coaldale 845 Spud Farms - Michiel Buijsse Type of Potatoes: Process Other crops: Barley, wheat, rye, canola, alfalfa, peas, corn |
The program is designed to connect students with our local food system, while learning outcomes range from soil health, plant science, nutrition, economics, health, history of the potato, and a deeper appreciation of where there food comes from.
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