New England's potato growers dig nutrition
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Mary Bisson, who works at Maplewood Farm in Portsmouth, looks for rocks as the potatoes are pulled from the ground by a harvester. Stephen Anderson and his aunt, Judy Carvelho, grow potatoes and sunflowers at Maplewood Farm on Hedley Street in Portsmouth. The farm goes back to the 1700s and the original farm house still stands. Rhode Island farmers are harvesting one of agriculture's most nutritious crops. Consider these number from potato growers in Colorado: • One medium potato (5.3 ounces) with skin is a good source of potassium, providing 620 milligrams or 18% of the recommended daily value (DV) per serving. • Potatoes rank highest for potassium content among the top 20 most frequently consumed raw vegetables and the top 20 most frequently consumed raw fruits. • Eating just one medium potato - about the size of a computer mouse - can get you well on your way to meeting your daily potassium requirement. • Potatoes are an excellent source of vitamin C (45% of the DV), which is more vitamin C than one medium tomato (40% DV) or sweet potato (30% DV). • One medium potato (5.3 ounces) with the skin contributes 2 grams of fiber or 8% of the daily value per serving. • Potatoes are a good source of vitamin B6 with 10% of the recommended daily value. • One medium potato provides 6% of the recommended daily value of iron. My brother, Donn, an extraordinary gardener, recently delivered a box of red, white, and blue fingerling potatoes. Here's a recipe for healthy red, white and blue potato salad from myrecipes.com. 
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