FRIESLAND, Wis. (WMTV) - As families across the Midwest prepare their Thanksgiving menus, Wisconsin potato growers are entering their busiest stretch of the year.

At Alsum Farms & Produce in Friesland, production ramps up to full capacity during Thanksgiving week, with workers washing, grading and packing tens of thousands of pounds of potatoes before most people wake up.

“We’re washing off 30 loads of potatoes a day. Starting at 4 a.m. in the morning, our production team rises and begins washing those 30 loads or so of potatoes, of russet, red, yellow, and creamer sized potatoes,” said Christine Lindner, Marketing Manager at Alsum Farms & Produce.

The family-owned farm has been operating for five decades and now grows around 2,700 acres of Wisconsin Healthy Grown potatoes across Arena

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