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Guy Slater is on a newly formed sub-committee with NZ potato processors, to plan pandemic recovery for the sector of the potato industry which generates 55% of it’s $1 billion value. The sub-committee is currently addressing the potential import threat of 2.6 million tonne surplus of frozen fries from the European Union. At 46 Guy…

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by Gemma Carroll, Communications & Engagement Officer, Potatoes New Zealand. Featured image, Brad Whitfield, vege grower. Organic farmers are a small but growing sector in Aotearoa and considering consumer trends and the  recent law changes, it’s time to hero the industry. Demand for organics is increasing. The U.S. organics market is currently worth more than…

How to stop wasting spuds – with Niki Bezzant Did you know that Kiwis collectively throw away about 96 million potatoes every year? Potatoes come in at number six on the list of food waste that could be avoided. But it’s easy to stop this. I talked to Love Food Hate Waste co-ordinator Catherine Lord…

Plastic-free produce: the next frontier? Naked produce. No, it’s not a dodgy search term (though I wouldn’t even try Googling it, just in case); it’s the next new thing in supermarket shopping. I met a nervous but excited Kiri Hannifin, Countdown’s GM for Sustainability, in the produce section at Countdown Ponsonby, one of the stores…

For the first time in the history of the Global Risks Perception Survey, environmental concerns dominate the top long-term risks by likelihood among members of the World Economic Forum’s multi-stakeholder community; three of the top five risks by impact are also environmental. “Failure of climate change mitigation and adaption” is the number one risk by…

As our emissions evolution moves forward, many projects will be feeding the knowledge pipeline. PNZ are leading the movement for sustainable NZ food security.   As our emissions evolution moves forward, many projects will be feeding the knowledge pipeline. PNZ are leading the movement for sustainable NZ food security.  IMAGE 003 An integral part of…

PNZ Field Walks 2020 built on the 2019 event, where our team toured the 3 growing regions alongside the local R&D project leaders, to update agronomists and growers on our projects and other developments for industry. Locations in Canterbury, Pukekohe and Manawatu were a combination of PFR trial sites and farm paddocks. Three themes of…

By Gemma Carroll, PNZ Comms & Engagement Officer.  It’s been a mixed bag of weather across the country this Spring and Summer, much as the rest of the world has seen, with unusual changes in weather and increased occurrences of extremes.  NZ agronomists and growers in our main growing regions had the following to say about the 2019-2020 potato season:  In Pukekohe the report…