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Idaho potatoes? Grown in Turkey?

Last week, NPR aired a story about the Idaho Potato Commission’s reaction to a Turkish company’s effort to register IDAHO in connection with agricultural seeds in Turkey.

But not for potatoes, the company insists. They just like the foreign-sounding name.

Idaho apparently doesn’t have much of a reputation in Turkey — yet. It just doesn’t want its brand to go the way of other geographic names that were lost to genericide. Like Brussels with its sprouts or Cheddar and its cheese.

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