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Advances in potato sorting and screening technology are helping processors improve efficiency, sustainability and product quality according to an article shared by Potato News Today last week 🥔
Read more: lnkd.in/edJwGbTb
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Jun 12
🎙️A @BBC podcast explores one of the world’s most versatile foods...the potato🥔
🗣️The episode welcomes Potatoes USA President Blair Richardson, who discusses global demand and the industry's efforts to help reshape the potato’s image.
🎧bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/p0npws…
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Jun 3
🗾🥔 We're heading to Potatoes in Practice this summer...have you booked your tickets yet?
📅 Balruddery Farm, Dundee, Scotland
📍Thursday 13 August 2026
Read more about it in the @PotatoPro article here 👇
📃 potatopro.com/news/2026/pota…
@JamesHuttonLtd @SRUC @AgriiUK
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May 29
🎥GB Potatoes Chair Alex Godfrey and CEO Scott Walker share what GB Potatoes is about - and our vision for the future of the UK potato industry.
Register today via the link gb-potatoes.co.uk/register/
#GBPotatoes
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May 28
🥔The UK potato industry - worth £4.5bn to the economy - is facing major pressures from higher costs, labour shortages & the end of the Basic Payment Scheme. Growers are in one of the toughest periods in a generation.
Read on for more👇🏼
gb-potatoes.co.uk/the-uk-pot…
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May 22
Think potatoes are a just a humble 'British' veggie? Think again...
🧬🥔A new study reveals that potatoes didn't just sustain indigenous communities in Peru - the actually reshaped their DNA 🫨
Curious how the spuds pulled that off? Read about it here👇🏼
smithsonianmag.com/smart-new…
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May 13
How do you store potatoes?
🥔According to a recent feature, savvy shoppers keep spuds in a paper bag, tucked away in a dark spot below 10°C, or in a fridge drawer kept just for root veg.
Want to know why & discover more handy potato-saving tips? 👇
bit.ly/4uKe02v
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May 11
📅 Save the date...
🥔👨🏼🌾 We'll be seeing you at Potatoes in Practice this summer - the UK's largest field-based potato event. Get ready for a day of innovation and insight to all things potatoes.
Read more in the PotatoPro here👇🏼
🔗potatopro.com/news/2026/pota…
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May 9
Last week, Scott Walker, chief executive GB Potatoes voiced the industry's concerns of rising costs to Sky News - highlighting the financial strains on growers, and his direct plea to the government...
🗞️ Read more here👇🏼
news.sky.com/story/the-war-i…
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May 8
🌱 Did you know? Defra has removed restrictions on the national soil map, making it fully accessible to farmers and land managers through the 'Land Information System' portal...
Read more about it in @FarmingUK News here👇🏼
farminguk.com/news/defra-unl…
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May 5
🚨The proposed UK/EU SPS agreement - now under negotiation - aims to make trade in animals, plants, food and related products faster, simpler and less costly.
🔗 Submit your input via the government online form here: shorturl.at/wkX9i
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Apr 9
🗣️We discussed potato risk management in our latest webinar with GB Potatoes chair Alex Godfrey, @Potatoes_USA CEO and President Blair Richardson, and Rory Gibson of @howdenlocaluk, who introduced new cover especially for growers.
Read more here👇🏼
💻🔗gb-potatoes.co.uk/potato-ris…
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Apr 2
💻 Upcoming NFU online webinar🥔
📅 09/04/2026
⏰ 12:00 - 13:30
📢 Horticulture and potato growers... the NFU are hosting a webinar where their experts will explain how aligning with the EU will affect you. Find out more in their link below👇🏼
🔗nfuonline.com/news/uk-eu-sps…
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Mar 19
🙍🏼♀️Last month we welcomed Stephanie Cornwall, @BritishPotato_ Editor to meet the first cohort of our Industry Development Programme, delivered in partnership with the British Potato Trade Association 🥔🤝
Read her reflections in their latest edtion here👇🏼
heyzine.com/flip-book/Britis…
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Mar 13
It's #FoodWasteActionWeek and storing your spuds correctly is a great place to start to help them last longer and reduce food waste🥔
Find out more about this week and storing potatoes correctly, via 'Love Food Hate Waste's' website here:👇🏼
lovefoodhatewaste.com/blog/s…
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Mar 6
🚨🥔 Blight risk could rebound in 2026 despite last year’s low-pressure season…
💻To watch the full GB Potatoes' seminar from last year's @BritishPotato_ Industry Event or read more, head to our website here👇🏼
🔗 gb-potatoes.co.uk/blight-may…
@JamesHuttonInst
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Mar 1
📚Celebrating #WorldBookDay with the ultimate kitchen hero…the mighty spud🥔💪🏼
Our pick... 'Poppy Cooks: The Potato Book'- 101 recipes from 15-hour potatoes to latkes, patatas bravas, bacon fondants & even potato smilies. The spud bible we all deserve.🔗 poppycooks.com/books/
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Feb 26
Growers packers = better, more resilient potatoes💪🏼🥔
🗣️Andrew Francis, managing director at Home Farm Nacton, shares his collaborative approach, highlighting what growers need most in new varieties👇🏼
🔗gb-potatoes.co.uk/potato-par…
@McCainUKIE @Branston @LEAF_Farming
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Feb 25
Did you catch @SRUC 's student video “Potato Love Story” on our channels this month on Valentine’s Day? 🥔
We've shared the full story behind the video in our most recent press release.
Find out more via the news page on our website here👇🏼
gb-potatoes.co.uk/news/
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Feb 19
At the @BritishPotato_ event in November, industry leaders highlighted urgent challenges from falling potato area to climate pressures, and the critical need for new, resilient varieties📢🥔🌱
🗣️🗞️Read more to find out 👇🏼
🔗gb-potatoes.co.uk/the-seeds-…
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