Sun
Valley Potato Growers, Inc.
Fresh
Pack Potatoes Cooperative
Sun
Valley Potato Growers, Inc. is an
potato farmer fresh pack potatoes cooperative. It
is the only grower-owned fresh
pack potatoes cooperative
in Idaho that owns and operates a packing and sales facility.
The fresh pack potatoes cooperative is located in
Minidoka County in the heart of the Magic Valley
of Southern Idaho.
Sun
Valley Potato Growers, Inc. has
approximately 20 growers in Southern Idaho supplying approximately
1.8 million/cwt. of potatoes to the fresh pack potatoes plant.
The potatoes are then packed and sold on the fresh market.
Fresh
Pack Potatoes
By
owning their fresh pack potatoes processing plant, this cooperative
creates a situation that brings the grower and the staff together
together to produce a premium product.
"Sun
Valley Potato Growers, Inc. will enhance it's member's profitability
through effective marketing of their potato products. This
mission will be accomplished through a combination of cost
effective and efficient packaging operations, strategic partnerships
and alliances, and superior marketing approaches which establish
us as our customer's preferred supplier. Through execution
of this mission, customers, staff, and members will share
the fruits of success."
Location
and Growing Conditions
Idaho potatoes need
the perfect soil and growing conditions along with the proximity
of water sources being fed by the melting snow from towering
mountain ranges. This makes the Magic Valley of Southern Idaho
the greatest growing region in the world.
The
unique environment of the Magic Valley in Southern Idaho provides
nearly perfect growing conditions for Idaho potatoes.
The
soil, water, clean air and climate here in the Magic Valley
contribute to the consistently high-quality potato that has
made Idaho famous for so many years.
Magic
Valley's rich volcanic soil is ideally suited for the potato.
Warm, sunny days, cool
nights and the water from melting snow in nearby mountains
make the perfect combination for growing the world's best
potato.
Our
registered certification mark, the "Grown in Idaho"
seal, is your assurance that you are getting the real thing.