potatoes

Opportunity Mapping for Horticultural Waste Streams

May 13, 2022 Vineland Research and Innovation Centre

Approximately 74% of Canadian fruits and vegetables are wasted before they reach consumers for a myriad of reasons.  To tackle this issue and help increase the industry’s environmental sustainability, Vineland Research and Innovation Centre (Vineland) examined underutilized waste streams for the top seven Canadian produce crops including potatoes, apples, field tomatoes, greenhouse tomatoes, greenhouse cucumbers, onions and carrots and identified the range of opportunities for managing these by-products. …

MountainKing Introduces Three-Pound Mesh Bags for Popular Baby Golds and Reds

April 25, 2022 MountainKing Potatoes

MountaingKing has introduced new, three-pound mesh bags of its popular baby-sized Red and Gold potatoes designed to generate a higher ring for retail grocers while providing shoppers with a larger, yet still manageable product size for summer cook outs, potato salads and other dishes associated with the season. …

As Shoppers Shift Potato Spending, Side Delights Suggests New Potato Traditions

April 19, 2022 Fresh Solutions Network

Side Delights® announced shifts in spending and occasion for potato purchases as shoppers continue to cook and celebrate at home. While restaurants and travel are making a return, eating out has become more expensive, and consumers have adapted to the ‘pantry-to-plate’ trend created during the pandemic, spending more on produce – including potatoes.   …

National Potato Council Statement on Joint U.S.-Mexico Announcement on Potential Reopening of Mexican Market to U.S. Potatoes

April 8, 2022 National Potato Council

The National Potato Council today released the following statement in response to a joint announcement by U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack and Mexico Secretary of Agriculture and Rural Development Víctor Villalobos that, according to the agreed workplan, the entire Mexican market would be open no later than May 15 for all U.S. table stock and chipping potatoes. …

Gwillimdale Farms Introduces Conscious Consumption, a Full Line of Number Two Potatoes

April 4, 2022 Gwillimdale Farms

Gwillimdale Farms is pleased to announce the debut of a brand new and fully automated potato grading system—equipped with artificial intelligence—to its one-stop shop. This new system has multiple different parameters set to meet the required specifications of size, volume, shape, grade, and deviation. …