October 21, 2022 | News

World Potato Congress names new Executive Director

Incoming Executive Director Ellen Kouwenberg will be replacing outgoing General Manager Brian Douglas at the World Potato Congress (WPC) Inc., the organisation announces.

October 20, 2022 | News

Meijer Potato: ‘Robust potato varieties essential to provide growing population with healthy food’

‘We believe everybody deserves to enjoy food. Breeding robust potato varieties is essential to provide a growing world population with healthy food in the face of climate change’, Meijer Potato states.

October 18, 2022 | News

Schaap Holland successfully continues seed and ware potato programmes with mainly own varieties

‘Our variety news translates to a successful continuation of our seed and ware potato programmes with mainly varieties from our own portfolio’, Schaap Holland announces.

October 10, 2022 | News

HZPC results back on course in uncertain times

Dutch potato breeding company HZPC announces that after a challenging 2020/2021 fiscal year, the company has managed to bring its results back on course.

October 07, 2022 | News

Potato Expo announces celebrity chef cook-off

Attendees of Potato Expo can witness a celebrity cook-off during the second day of the 2023 edition of the event.

September 08, 2022 | News

Over £2 million investment funding for net zero potatoes

Potato partners in the UK have secured major funding towards sustaining the future of the potato supply chain with their Net Zero Hectare project.

August 25, 2022 | News

Nationwide Produce and AH Worth potato partnership announced

UK produce company Nationwide Produce PLC announced its takeover of the complete marketing of AH Worth’s Potato Lovers, Chippies’ Choice and Baby Pearl brands.

August 18, 2022 | News

Participants in PotatoEurope Machinery Demonstrations announced

Over 40 machines will be seen live in action during PotatoEurope 2022, organizer DLG announced earlier this month.

August 11, 2022 | News

U.S. potato breeding research funding hits historic high

The U.S. funding for potato breeding research hit the highest level in history, the National Potato Council (NPC) reports.

August 04, 2022 | News

Dutch Potato Business School trains representatives of Cuban potato sector

Cuban potato growers and other representatives of the Cuban potato sector were recently trained at the Potato Business School of the Agro-Food Cluster in Emmeloord.