OAKLEY, Idaho — Rather than watch his crop rot, an Idaho potato farmer decided to give away the farm, offering thousands of pounds of potatoes for free.
Ryan Cranney, owner of the 113-year-old Cranney Farms, posted on Facebook Tuesday that because of the downturn in the restaurant industry, he had no market for thousands of potatoes.
Most of the potatoes grown on the farm are sold commercially and used in restaurants and diners, but with most restaurants closed or sales significantly down, Cranney was stuck with thousands of pounds of potatoes. So he invited residents to bag their own.
Even so, Cranney told KTVB News that there may not be enough demand and eventually some of them are going to end up going for either cattle feed or be dumped.