One Alberta company seems to think so
By Diego Flammini
Assistant Editor, North American Content
Farms.com
Nowadays there are a variety of ways to convey a personalized message, including cards, text messages or a bouquet of flowers.
But an Alberta company is taking an agricultural approach to saying “Happy Birthday” or making birth announcements.
TaterGrams Canada will send someone a potato with a personalized, handwritten message.
“I’m sure you get cards from people, whether it’s your birthday or anniversary, and when you get the card, it’s nice. But then the average person just throws that card away,” company founder Wayne Rempel told CBC Edmonton’s Radio Active.
An example of a Tatergram.
Photo: TaterGrams Canada
The company’s website states it sources potatoes “from local Canadian growers and concentrate on getting them from Central Alberta. That’s right we shop local!”
In an email to Farms.com, the company said it buys its potatoes from Scholing's Produce in Lacombe, Alberta.
The farmer was unavailable for comment.
Rampel told The Huffington Post Alberta that apart from a unique greeting, the potatoes are meant to help people.
“It’s been a tough year,” he told The Huffington Post. “I want to help support our farmers and I want to help our struggling food banks.”
For every order received before Christmas, one dollar from each order (starting at $9.99) goes to support a local food bank, according to The Huffington Post.
What other crops could you see used as a canvas to send someone a personalized message?