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Strohauer Farms, led by Harry Strohauer, grows conventional and organic potatoes. Over the past 15 years, Strohauer has diversified to include
many varieties of specialty fingerlings. Photos: Strohauer Farms
Specializing and diversifying
Strohauer Farms got into organic and specialty potatoes
out of necessity, but moves have made a diverse operation
By Zeke Jennings
EDITOR
W
8
hen the other kids were
riding tricycles, Harry Dean
Strohauer already had his
sights set on driving tractors. If he saw a
chance to cut school in favor of cleaning
a ditch, young Harry would have gladly
taken the latter.
Spudman.com
A farming lifer from the get-go,
Strohauer grew up in a potato-growing
family in the small Northern Colorado
community of LaSalle. At just 15 years
old, Harry was thrust into the role of
family patriarch when his father, Harry
P., died in 1975.
The Strohauer family has been
farming in the Greeley area since 1910,
when John Strohauer settled there
after immigrating to the U.S. from
Germany. John's sons, including
Harry P., continued to farm, but what
Strohauer Farms is today largely evolved
after his passing. Harry D. continued
to partner with his Uncle John after
Harry P.'s death.
" My dad so looked up to his dad.
They had a special relationship, and he
learned to grow potatoes from him, "

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