When Alison Sklarczyk earned her animal sciences degree from Michigan State University, she didn't intend to go into potato farming.
"I thought I would work in some capacity with livestock. When I met my husband, Ben, I was very clear I wouldn't work on the family farm. I was too independent. It's funny how life and the family farm have ways of roping you back in," said Alison.
Sklarczyk Seed Farm isn't an ordinary potato farm, however. Its tissue culture lab — built to grow clean, disease-free seed potatoes in a sterile environment — was a perfect fit for Alison's lab experience studying antibiotic resistance in calves.
"Instead of growing E. coli and salmonella, I'm growing tissue plants. I found a lot of connections between my two backgrounds, and it's a really good fit."
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