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Most Kern County residents know that Kern County is a major almond, table grape, and cotton growing region.  But are they aware that this is also a major carrot and potato production region?  In the 1950s and 60s Kern was a famous potato growing area when there was nearly 55,000 acres of potatoes in the county.  Kern County produced the earliest crop of potatoes in the nation and was able to beat everyone else to the market place.  While Kern growers were harvesting, the rest of the nation’s potato growers were just starting to plant.  That advantage was lost when others figured out how to store potatoes for up to 12 months.  Now that big beautiful baking potato you just bought from the store may be 9 to 10 months old if it came from Washington or Idaho.  Today Kern annually produces about 23,000 acres of potatoes and is still known for their freshness because Kern growers do not store their potatoes.  When potatoes were...
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