b'Monument,LincolnMemorial,teeandPotato FranklinDRooseveltMemorial,LEAFboard Martin Luther King Jr Memorial andmembers.We Korean War Veterans Memorial.Wethenfinished also drove by many other places likepresentations ThomasJeffersonMemorial,andinthe Department of Commerce, Nationaleveningwe ArchivesMuseum,andtheUSattendedthe CapitolFrontLawn.LaterwedidNPCAnnual getaglimpseofthebackoftheMeeting/Awards White House from a rooftop bar.Dinner.Sunday, February 27thMostofusfromA beautiful picture of the Washington Monument on the Full day of leadership training,top- ourgroupMonument By Midnight Tour.icsincludedpersonalitystylesandattendedtheWednesday, March 2nd emerging trends in leadership.WashingtonWizardsvsDetroitThis was a full day of NPC activitiesPistons NBA game.onCapitolHill.Wehadmultiple Thatafternoonwaspresentation presentersonNutritionPolicy skills, this started our prep for ourTuesday, March 1stUpdates,KeyPrioritiesforthe presentationprojectwepresentedThatmorningwasaPILIgroupPotato Industry, Farm Bill, H-2A and onMonday.Mostpeoplechoseaphoto.ThenwehadaMediaAgLaborReformandPolitical topicfromtheNPCthatwewereWorkshop.ThisincludedtrainingClimate.In the afternoon we had 5 going to speak about on Capitol Hillonhowtotalktothemediaandrepresentatives/senatorscomeand on Thursday.thenwehadCaraHartfromRedaddressourgroup,whichnowRiverFarmNetworkandLaneincluded other members that came That evening was the Iron PotatoNordlundfromtheNPCEyeonin for the Fly-In.ChefCompetition,wewerepairedPotatoes Podcast join us.They gave up with two other members of ourtips and we role played with them group and had to come up with anfor additional training. Instapotrecipewecouldprepare,cook and present in 45 minutes orThat afternoon we trained on effec-less.My group did not win but wetivecommunicationsonCapitol preparedaveryyummyZuppaHill.This prepared us for meeting Toscana soup!with and speaking to our representa- tives on Capitol Hill on Thursday.Monday, February 28th ThatmorningwecontinuedwithWealsohadapresentation/plan-presentationskillsandstartedpre- ning session on our future plans to sentations.Eachmemberofourstay involved in the potato industry.groupgavea4-6minutepresenta- tion.That evening we attended the NPCboardmeetingandPotatoPAC That afternoon we had lunch withreception. state managers, NPC Exec commit-An oil rig in the middle of a potato 24 POTATO GROWER APRIL 2022'