Potato harvest yields more than 11K pounds for food banks

TORRINGTON (WNE) — Volunteers braved cold rain on Oct. 18 to harvest more than 11,000 pounds of potatoes destined for Wyoming residents facing food insecurity.

The fifth annual Potato Harvest brought together approximately 80 volunteers who picked 11,096 pounds of potatoes in less than two hours.

The collaborative effort between the University of Wyoming Sustainable Agriculture Research and Extension Center and the Food Bank of Wyoming will provide fresh produce to counties statewide.

This year’s harvest proceeded despite the scaling back of the University of Wyoming’s Cen$ible Nutrition Program after it lost federal funding earlier in 2025. The program had coordinated volunteer efforts since the harvest began in 2021.

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