The Great Potato Give Away

100,000 pounds of free potatoes sure draws a crowd! I waited in line for over three hours to get into Norbest Farms on Saturday. Right when I was almost inside a kid on an ATV came up and said that they had run out of potatoes! Oh No!

I parked my car in the ditch and got a ride with the kid up to the front of the line where the last few potatoes were being plucked out of the ground.

People haul away bags of potatoes from the Great Potato Give Away at Norbest Farms, North East of Edmonton on September 26, 2009. Thousands of people lined up for hours to pick over 100,000 pounds of potatoes that were given away to create awareness of agricultural land close to the city.   Photo by Ryan Jackson / Edmonton Journal

Marica Nahirniak is handed potatoes from a truck during the Great Potato Give Away at Norbest Farms, North East of Edmonton on September 26, 2009. Thousands of people lined up for hours to pick over 100,000 pounds of potatoes that were given away to create awareness of agricultural land close to the city.   Photo by Ryan Jackson / Edmonton Journal

Cars line up to get to the Great Potato Give Away at Norbest Farms, North East of Edmonton on September 26, 2009. Thousands of people lined up for hours to pick over 100,000 pounds of potatoes that were given away to create awareness of agricultural land close to the city.   Photo by Ryan Jackson / Edmonton Journal