What’s a potato? | kgw.com [Video]

OREGON, USA — Potatoes — say it with us — boil’ em, mash ‘em, stick ‘em in a stew. 

But in your day-to-day life, how much do you really think about potatoes? Cody Fazio thinks about them a little more than average. 

“I’m a fourth-generation farmer,” Fazio said. “My great grandfather came to Sauvie Island in 1942; we’ve been growing potatoes here ever since.”

It’s early in the potato season, with seed potatoes having just gone into the ground.

“Then, we’ll water them up and we’ll harvest them in September and October,” Fazio concluded.

By this time next year, these sprouts will be full-sized potatoes, headed out to your grocery store — and in that time, they may also move to a new food group.

The U.S. Dietary Guidelines Advisory Committee is considering changing up how we think about …