International

June 24, 2022 | News

PotatoEurope 2022 ticket sales launched

PotatoEurope 2022 exhibition organizer DLG reports that the ticket shop for the event is now open.

May 30, 2022 | Blogs

Sustainability high on the agenda of the Meade family

The Meade family holds a typical Irish potato farm. In 1977, Philip Meade started growing and selling potatoes in the town of Lobinstown. The first storehouse for potatoes was built in 1983, at the site where the company is still located today.

May 27, 2022 | News

FAO distributes seed potatoes in Ukraine

The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) recently distributed seed potato kits to 17,740 households across ten of Ukraine’s oblasts.

May 23, 2022 | Blogs

Wholesale fresh produce from the heartland of horticultural production

Situated in the rural landscape of North County Dublin, the heartland of Irish horticultural production, Sam Dennigan and Company UC was founded in 1976 by Samuel Laurence Dennigan who originally began trading in seed and ware potatoes. Today, the company is owned and managed by two brothers Joe and Sam Dennigan, and has grown to…

May 20, 2022 | News

First shipments of U.S. fresh potatoes to Mexico in 25-plus years

Earlier this month the United States has begun exporting potatoes to Mexico, beyond the 26-kilometer border zone that previously marked the limit of their export.

May 16, 2022 | Blogs

Irish crisps produced for America

The Keogh’s family business also has a long tradition. People in the town of Westpalstown have already been active in the cultivation of potatoes for 200 years now. The fourth generation of Keogh’s, consisting of Derek, Ross and Tom, in addition to growing and marketing table potatoes, has been active in the production of crisps…