2022 Summer Meeting
NPC 2022 Summer Meeting: Meet and Potatoes in Music City!
June 16-17, 2022
Renaissance Nashville Hotel
Nashville, Tennessee
Amber Leigh to Perform at Ole Red
A familiar face returns!
Welcome to Nashville Tri-State Rock ‘n Roll Dinner
Featuring Rich Redmond, drummer for Jason Aldean
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Come for the live music, stay for the incredible rooftop views of Music city.
Reconnect at the 2022 Summer Meeting and unite in standing up for potatoes on Capitol Hill
This year’s Summer Meeting is co-hosted by 2022 President Jared Balcom (Pasco, Wash.), 2021 President Dominic LaJoie (Van Buren, Maine), and 2020 President Britt Raybould (St. Anthony, Idaho).
The 2022 NPC Summer Meeting will be attended by potato growers and industry leaders from all major production areas in the United States. Attendees establish and implement potato industry public policy priorities on a national level. Discussions will be held on top issues for the potato industry such as trade policy, immigration and transportation. The business of NPC will be conducted at committee meetings and Board of Directors Meeting.
NPC is the national advocate for the economic well-being of U.S. potato growers on federal legislative, regulatory, environmental and trade issues. The potato industry in Washington, along with the U.S. potato industry as a whole, directly benefits from involvement in NPC. NPC supports the U.S. potato industry by monitoring issues affecting the strength and viability of the industry, influencing regulators and legislators on critical issues.
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Yesterday, President Trump announced he would pause "reciprocal" tariffs on dozens of non-retaliating countries for 90 days while raising duties on China to 125%. Responding to the news, NPC CEO Kam Quarles and industry consultant Matt Lantz jumped on the Eye on Potatoes podcast to discuss the rapidly changing environment around tariffs, how our industry`s top export markets are reacting, and some new opportunities they are seeing for reaching new consumers throughout the world.
Podcast link in bio.
Apr 10
Yesterday, President Trump announced he would pause "reciprocal" tariffs on dozens of non-retaliating countries for 90 days while raising duties on China to 125%. Responding to the news, NPC CEO Kam Quarles and industry consultant Matt Lantz jumped on the Eye on Potatoes podcast to discuss the rapidly changing environment around tariffs, how our industry`s top export markets are reacting, and some new opportunities they are seeing for reaching new consumers throughout the world.
Podcast link in bio.
Like the rest of DC, NPC is working to keep ahead of the moving tariff target. With things changing by the day – or sometimes by the hour – the Eye on Potatoes podcast brought together a group of potato trade and supply chain experts last week to update growers on the current state of play.
Guests:
Mark Klompien, President/CEO, United Potato Growers of America
Matt Lantz, Senior Vice President, Global Access at Bryant Christie, Inc.
Kam Quarles, CEO, National Potato Council
Podcast link in bio.
Mar 10
Like the rest of DC, NPC is working to keep ahead of the moving tariff target. With things changing by the day – or sometimes by the hour – the Eye on Potatoes podcast brought together a group of potato trade and supply chain experts last week to update growers on the current state of play.
Guests:
Mark Klompien, President/CEO, United Potato Growers of America
Matt Lantz, Senior Vice President, Global Access at Bryant Christie, Inc.
Kam Quarles, CEO, National Potato Council
Podcast link in bio.
Last night, NPC welcomed the election of its new President, Ted Tschirky, potato grower from Pasco, Wash., who will lead the council`s public policy efforts and work to fulfill its mission of "Standing Up for Potatoes on Capitol Hill" for the next year.
Feb 25
Last night, NPC welcomed the election of its new President, Ted Tschirky, potato grower from Pasco, Wash., who will lead the council`s public policy efforts and work to fulfill its mission of "Standing Up for Potatoes on Capitol Hill" for the next year.
🏆Congrats to Gregg Halverson - president and board chairman of Grand Forks, N.D.-based Black Gold Farms - for being named the 2025 Potato Person of the Year by The Packer.
Feb 25
🏆Congrats to Gregg Halverson - president and board chairman of Grand Forks, N.D.-based Black Gold Farms - for being named the 2025 Potato Person of the Year by The Packer.