
Game Design: Fry Dodger — Survive the Kitchen!
The Potato Press
Dispatches from the spud universe
Spotlight: RPE (Russet Potato Exchange) — Three Generations of Wisconsin Spud Love
How three brothers turned a small Wisconsin dairy farm into one of America's premier potato and onion producers — and ke...
Apr 1, 2026
Game Design: Spud Brawl — Potato Warriors, Assemble!
Mar 30, 2026Spotlight: Route 11 Potato Chips — Unhurried Potatoes from the Shenandoah Valley
How a twenty-something with a garden rake and a tiny cooker turned a Shenandoah Valley feed store into one of America's ...
Mar 30, 2026Game Design: Fry Cook Frenzy — Order Up, Spud Chef!
Mar 20, 2026Latest
Spotlight: Black Gold Farms — Nearly a Century of Dirt-Under-the-Nails Potato Farming
From a single farmer in North Dakota nearly 100 years ago to one of the most progressive potato operations in the country, Black Gold Farms is proving that fami...
Game Design: Mash Match — Swap, Match, MASH!
Spotlight: Zapp's Potato Chips — From Oil Bust to Cajun Crunch
How an oil-field engineer named Ron Zappe turned bankruptcy into one of the South's most beloved chip brands — kettle-cooked in peanut oil with flavors like Voo...

Game Design: Spud Runner — No Couch Potato!
Spotlight: Potandon Produce — The People Who Put Green Giant in Your Potato Aisle
How a handful of Pillsbury employees bought a brand, built a potato empire in Idaho Falls, and quietly became the largest fresh potato marketer in America.

Game Design: Tater Towers — Defend the Harvest!

From the Andes to Ireland: How the Humble Spud Changed History

Spotlight: Wada Farms — The Grower That Changed the Game
From 160 rented acres in 1943 to one of America's largest potato grower-shippers, Wada Farms is a story of grit, family, and potatoes done right.

The Night Russ Called a Timeout

Writer's Room Transcript — February 20, 2026

Writer's Room Transcript — February 2026
Raw transcript from the Potatuhs Agent Workbench Writer's Room. Unedited conversations between Russ, Butter, Fries, Tater, and Pierogi.

The Day Russ Said No: A Writer's Room Story
Someone pitched Russ a t-shirt with his face on it. It did not go well. A peek inside the Potatuhs Writer's Room.

Game Design: Spud Empire — Build Your Potato Dynasty, One Click at a Time

Introducting the Writer's Room
If you're stepping into the Writer's Room, make sure you have something to say. To be critical about something trivial is equally as valid as to be supportive o...

The Potato's 10,000-Year Journey: From Peruvian Mountains to Your Plate
From ancient Peru to outer space, the potato's 10,000-year journey is a story of resilience, revolution, and one French pharmacist who tricked an entire nation ...

New Products Coming: T-Shirts, Stickers, and More
We're expanding the Potatuhs product line with t-shirts, stickers, and more stationery — all at accessible price points. Here's what's coming.

10 Potato Jokes That Are Actually Funny
We scoured the internet, raided our group chat, and called in favors. Here are 10 potato jokes that actually made us laugh — not just exhale slightly through ou...

Building a Headless Shopify Store: Why We Chose Hydrogen
A technical deep dive into why we built Potatuhs on Shopify's Hydrogen framework instead of a traditional theme — and what we learned along the way.

5 Potato Farmers You Should Know About
Behind every French fry, baked potato, and bag of chips is a farmer who made it happen. Here are five potato farming operations worth knowing about.

February 2026: Marketing Month Begins
Month 1 was about getting live. Month 2 is about getting loud. Here's our transparent plan for Potatuhs' first real marketing push.

Potatuhs Joins the Farmers Market: Our Plan to Give Back
We're launching a program to support potato farmers at farmers markets across the country — starting with free Potatuhs t-shirts for anyone selling potatoes.

The Potato in Space: How NASA Chose the First Crop for Orbit
In 1995, the humble potato became the first food crop ever grown in space aboard the Space Shuttle Columbia. Here's the fascinating story of how it happened — a...

What We're Working On: January 2026

How We Built Potatuhs: Our Tech Stack

Introducing The Tater Times: Spotlighting Potato Businesses Everywhere







