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