Organisée par l’association Les jardins andrésiens et la municipalité de Saint-André-de-l’Eure, la fête de la patate se tiendra samedi 27 août, derrière la salle du Clos-Mulot. La cueillette se déroulera le même jour.
For the past two years, the Potato Produce and Marketing Bill has been pending before parliament, now, National Assembly Speaker Justin Muturi has promised to fast track the Bill which seeks to end exploitation of potato farmers by cartels.
That’s the overriding sentiment as the annual event celebrating spuds nears. Potato Fest organizers, in conjunction with Simplot, hope to serve enough people french fries that the weight of potatoes served eclipses that of 5,220 lbs, set last year in
High Plains potato harvest is underway, psyllids are threatening unharvested fields and new varieties are showing lots of promise. That’s part of the information gleaned from a recent field day near Springlake, Texas.
Hundreds of potatoes have been dug up and pinched from a field, sparking a health warning over eating them.
The amount of spuds planted this year in Canada has dropped and the P.E.I. Potato Board said that’s a good thing.
As the potato season in Belgium comes to an end, limited supplies have been driving up prices by 25% since the end of April.
Growers will enter the Wisconsin potato season with a number of new developments affecting the market.
