Apr 12, 2019
2019 Spudwoman of the Year Alison Sklarczyk
The staff at Sklarczyk Seed Farm sorts tubers.
Potato plants in the greenhouse at Sklarczyk Seed Farm in Johannesburg, Michigan.
Alison Sklarczyk of Sklarczyk Seed Farm in Johannesburg, Michigan, is the 2019 Spudwoman of the Year.
One of the greenhouses at Sklarczyk Seed Farm, which produces six million potato tubers each year.
The staff at Sklarczyk Seed Farm sorts tubers.
Alison Sklarczyk, the 2019 Spudwoman of the Year, playfully holds up a wild boar trophy from a past harvest.
Alison Sklarczyk works in the tissue culture lab at Sklarczyk Seed Farm in Johannesburg, Michigan.
The staff at Sklarczyk Seed Farm in Johannesburg, Michigan, in March 2019.
2019 Spudwoman of the Year Alison Sklarczyk at her tissue culture lab at Sklarczyk Seed Farm.
2019 Spudwoman of the Year Alison Sklarczyk with husband, Ben, and children, Morgan, 6, and Dane, 4.
Alison Sklarczyk sorts tubers at Sklarczyk Seed Farm in northern Michigan. Photo: Michigan Potatoes
Morgan and Dane Sklarczyk play in a hollowed-out area of wall that connect their parents’ offices at Sklarczyk Seed Farm.
Alison Sklarczyk sits at her desk at Sklarczyk Seed Farm in Michigan. She is the tissue culture lab manager and oversees the finances.
Potato plants grow in the tissue culture lab at Sklarczyk Seed Farm.
The staff at Sklarczyk Seed Farm sorts tubers.
One of the greenhouses at Sklarczyk Seed Farm, which produces six million potato tubers each year.
Ben and Alison Sklarczyk in the greenhouse at Sklarczyk Seed Farm in Michigan.
The staff at Sklarczyk Seed Farm sorts tubers.
Potato plants grow in the tissue culture lab at Sklarczyk Seed Farm.
Alison Sklarczyk examines potato plants just starting to sprout tubers.
Alison Sklarczyk examines potato plants at Sklarczyk Seed Farm in Michigan.