Alsum Farms & Produce Inc.

N9083 County Road EF
Cambria,  WI 
United States
http://www.alsum.com

• Booth: 2858

Alsum Farms & Produce is a Wisconsin grower, packer and shipper of russet, red, gold, white, fingerling and specialty potatoes, providing a year-round supply. In addition to potatoes, Alsum packs onions, sweet potatoes, and other locally grown products. Our commitment to "Integrity from Field to Fork" guarantees you the highest quality produce products. Alsum Farms & Produce, Inc. is a family-owned and operated company that is headquartered in Friesland, Wisconsin.

 Press Releases

• Two Alsum Farms & Produce Associates Named To Produce Business 40-Under-Forty (Oct 10, 2019)

  Friesland, Wisconsin, August 1, 2019 — Alsum Farms & Produce is pleased to announce Wendy Alsum-Dykstra and Christine Lindner were named 2019 Produce Business 40-Under-Forty award winners. The award recognizes the produce industry’s top young leaders. Honorees are selected based on their professional accomplishments, demonstrated leadership, industry, and community contributions.

  “We are honored to have two associates be among this year’s class of Produce Business 40-Under-Forty award winners,” says Larry Alsum, President & CEO of Alsum Farms and Produce, Inc. “Our success over the past 45 years is because of a great team of Alsum employees who are dedicated to serving our customers every day.”

  Wendy Alsum-Dykstra serves as Chief Operating Officer of Logistics and Maintenance for Alsum Farms and Produce in Friesland. Wendy grew up working in the business, alongside her father, Larry Alsum, sister Heidi and other family members, where she worked grading potatoes in middle school and later assisted in sales, administrative and accounting support in high school and college. After graduating from the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater with a Masters of Professional Accountancy degree, Wendy worked as an auditor for Grant Thornton, LLP, but found herself drawn back to the family business.  Wendy jointly lead Alsum’s ERP implementation and is actively focused on continuous process improvement to package and deliver quality potatoes, onions, and other fresh fruits and vegetable to Alsum customers every day.  Wendy currently serves on Produce Marketing Association’s (PMA) Audit Committee and formerly served on the PMA’s Budget and Finance Committee. She was a member of the 2019 Potato Industry Leadership Institute.

  Christine Lindner serves as Marketing Manager at Alsum Farms & Produce, the innovative Wisconsin grower, packer and shipper of potatoes, onions and provider of fresh, quality produce. Christine grew up on her family’s fourth generation dairy farm and graduated with honors from the University of Wisconsin-Madison with a Bachelor of Science degree in agricultural journalism. In 2010, she served as Wisconsin’s 63^rd Alice in Dairyland. As Wisconsin’s agriculture ambassador, she communicated how the state’s diverse agriculture industry strengthens local communities, economies and benefits every Wisconsinite. She joined Alsum Farms & Produce in 2013 to serve national accounts and execute marketing and public relations. Christine now manages the brand, trade shows, events, promotional materials, public relations, website and social media. She has held leadership roles in the Association of Women in Agriculture, National Agri-Marketing Association and the Wisconsin Association of FFA. Christine has been bestowed the American FFA Degree, Honorary Wisconsin FFA Degree and the Wisconsin FFA Distinguished Service Award. Christine currently serves as the Promotions Chair for the Wisconsin Potato and Vegetable Growers Association.

  Wendy and Christine will be recognized at an award ceremony at 2019 PMA Fresh Summit in Anaheim, California in October. Click here to read Wendy's and Christine’s full interviews.

  To learn more about Alsum Farms & Produce, its full-line of products or for delicious potato recipes, visit www.alsum.com.

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  About Alsum Farms & Produce

  Alsum Farms & Produce, Inc., is a grower, packer and shipper of potatoes, re-packer of onions and a wholesale distributor of a full line of fresh fruits and vegetables. Headquartered in Friesland, Wisconsin, Alsum Farms is also a member of the eco-friendly Wisconsin Healthy Grown® Potato Program.

• Alsum Farms & Produce to Award FFA Chapters Funds from the 3rd Annual Tater Trot 5k (Oct 10, 2019)

  Friesland, Wisconsin, September 20, 2019 — Alsum Farms & Produce hosted more than 150 runners, walkers and local FFA supporters for the 3^rd Annual Tater Trot 5k Run/Walk on September 14, 2019 at Alsum Farms & Produce in Friesland, Wis. The third year event raised more than $2,000 for Local FFA Chapters. This year’s FFA Chapters to receive the funds include: Randolph Cambria-Friesland, Beaver Dam, Markesan, Pardeeville and Waupun.

  “Alsum Farms & Produce was elated to host the 3^rd Annual Tater Trot 5k to help support local FFA Chapters and provide a unique opportunity to learn about the nutritional and economic benefits of Wisconsin Potatoes,” says Alsum’s Nikki Jedlowski, Logistics Manager and Tater Trot 5k Event Coordinator. “Potatoes fuel performance and the Tater Trot 5k promotes the healthy, flavorful and fresh attributes of the spud targeting everyday athletes to perform at their best and fuel their active lifestyle.” 

  The top 3 Male Individuals in the Tater Trot 5k with finish times:

  1. Marcus Kuhn, 20:16

  2. Brandon Jones, 20:19

  3. Scott Rosendahl, 21:23

  The top 3 Female Individuals:

  1. Laura Bell, 25:29

  2. Kimmie Kretz, 25:30

  3. Alexa Lingle, 25:50

  The Kids Fun Run race included a dozen youngsters racing around the parking lot and participants also had the opportunity to meet and get their picture taken with Spudly, the Wisconsin Potato & Vegetable Growers Mascot. New this year, was the Cambria-Friesland Chamber of Commerce Member Vendor Market. The Vendor Market included:

  • Tater Trot Pedal for kids age 4 and under sponsored by Rascals & Rockers Day School

  • Face-painting for kids sponsored by Hughes Trucking

  • Hanna Raley’s Late Model sponsored by United Wisconsin Grain Producers

  • Other vendors on hand were: Cambria-Friesland Area Chamber, Cambria-Friesland Career Coalition, CF Rocks, Randolph Chamber of Commerce & SIA Insurance, Markesan Chamber of Commerce and Randolph/Cambria-Friesland FFA with Cambria Oil.

  To view results from 2019 Alsum Farms & Produce Tater Trot 5k, click here. For event photos of the day, visit https://tanyawitthun.smugmug.com/Tator-Trot-2019/.

  Next Year's 4^th Annual Alsum Tater Trot 5k will be held on Saturday, September 12, 2020.

  For more than 45 years, Alsum Farms & Produce has been a leading grower, packer and shipper of locally grown potatoes, onions and provider of fresh, quality produce. To learn more about Alsum Farms & Produce, its full-line of products or for delicious potato recipes, visit www.alsum.com.

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  About Alsum Farms & Produce

  Alsum Farms & Produce, Inc., is a grower, packer and shipper of potatoes, re-packer of onions and a wholesale distributor of a full line of fresh fruits and vegetables. Headquartered in Friesland, Wisconsin, Alsum Farms is also a member of the eco-friendly Wisconsin potato Healthy Grown® Program.