Don Brunell: Promoting Spud Consumption in China

In China, the government has launched an "eat more potatoes" campaign – and Washington state could benefit as a result.

China’s potato push is in part an environmental effort to provide more clean drinking water for its exploding urban population and offset its polluted water from factories and inadequate sewer treatment.

Home to more than 1.3 billion people, China has until recently enjoyed a decades-long economic boom that raised more than 600 million people out of poverty, according to World Bank statistics. Urbanization is expected to continue at breakneck speed, adding 300 million additio...