The inaugural Pest Management and Biosecurity Preparedness Workshop was held at Plant & Food Research in Lincoln in early November. Representatives from Eurogrow, Fruitfed, McCain Foods, SGS, Seed & Field Services, Southern Star Seeds, Talley’s and independent experts attended the workshop, which was brilliantly lead by Jessica Dohmen-Vereijssen and her team. Attendees undertook a number…
Following the success of the Healthy and Safety Workshops, run by WorkSafe NZ and Potatoes NZ, back in September there have been various requests for a sample health & safety plan. Clearly the content needs to be adapted to your workplace, but here’s an example… Reynolds Bros, who hosted a workshop earlier this year, has…
Otago Polytechnic Food Design Institute (FDI) students were challenged to make pop-up food truck style dishes using potatoes in an innovative manner. The students had to create innovative dishes that could sell at pop up food stands/events. It is always great to experience what is being cooked and created in the wonderful world of potatoes…
Serves 4 Prep Time 20 Minutes Cook Time 15 Minutes Ingredients 700g small New Zealand potatoes 300g frozen peas or baby peas 2 rashers bacon, streaky bunch fresh mint leaves, half chopped 1/3 cup aioli or mayonnaise 1/3 cup natural yoghurt 1 lemon, juice and zest Salt and pepper Method Bring a large saucepan of salted water to…
Download and print your own copy of the recipe. Scrumptious potato skins with skordalia – which is a garlic potato dip – served with healthy vege sticks. Serves 6 Prep Time 20 Minutes Cook Time 45 Minutes Ingredients 6 large floury potatoes e.g Agria, Ilam Hardy (likely to be labelled as baking/roasting). 2 tbsp olive oil …
Download and print your own copy of the recipe. A fabulous recipe for herb-roasted Hasselback potatoes using general purpose, NZ-grown potatoes like Desiree, Rua or Moonlight varieties. Serves 4-6 Prep Time 10 Minutes Cook Time 40 Minutes Ingredients 8 medium general-purpose NZ potatoes (eg. Desiree, Rua, Moonlight) 6 sprigs fresh thyme or rosemary 8 cloves garlic ¼…
Download and print your own copy of the recipe. A lovely Thai chicken potato curry using waxy NZ potatoes e.g. Nadine, Draga or Frisia. Serves 4-6 Prep Time 20 Minutes Cook Time 25-30 Minutes Ingredients 500g medium waxy potatoes e.g. Nadine or Perlas 1 Tablespoon oil 1 onion 3 Tablespoon Thai green curry paste (We love Ayam)…
This November Potatoes New Zealand is celebrating the humble potato with a celebration of the new potato season. The November Means New Potatoes campaign kicked off with a launch in Auckland on Thursday 26th October. Food writers, media and industry leaders were invited to meet with growers to celebrate new season potatoes. A roomful of…
Reclaim have approximately 300 small crates and 80 large crates for sale. Price for bulk purchase (more than 20) is $7.50 for the small and $10 for the large. Dimensions are: Small external 1670 x 1100 x 760 high. Internal 1560 x 1000 x 590 high (0.92m3) Large external 1670 x 1100 x 1100 high….
In her latest blog, exclusively for Potatoes New Zealand, leading Foodwriter Niki Bezzant discusses how the recent ‘Chipocalypse’ highlighted the important are of food security… I’m writing this in the wake of the most potato coverage we’ve seen in the media in years. It’s all because of, we were told, a pending crisis in potato…