Pennie Patane wants to wash and pack her potatoes but the WA Potato Marketing Corporation won’t let her. Tony Galati was prosecuted for producing more potatoes than his allocated amount. This isn’t communist Russia but the WA Potato Marketing Corporation – the last of its kind in Australia – decides who can grow potatoes, how many hectares can be planted and what varieties are produced. Free WA potato growers and let them decide how to market and sell THEIR potatoes. Read more at: http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/nation/marketer-may-have-had-its-chips-as-spud-war-boils-over/story-e6frg6nf-1226509495552