Local growers giving out free potatoes Wednesday morning

RITZVILLE — Free potatoes donated by Washington potato growers will be given out next to Harvest Foods at 610 1st Ave in Ritzville Wednesday, April 29, starting at 9 a.m.

The event was originally set to take place at ACE Hardware in Ritzville at 7 a.m.

"We needed a bigger location from all of the feedback we have been getting," Brandy Tucker, Director of Marketing and Operations of the Washington State Potato Commission said Tuesday afternoon. "This way folks will be able to drive in and we can load them up and send them on their way and maintain social distancing."

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