PEI Periodical and Article Database

: Potato industry must adapt to changing environment; potato marketing industry and changing Canadian grocery environment

: Potato industry will have another tool against wireworm; "Capture" was approved by the Pesticide Regulatory Management Agency late in the 2014 season and the general manager of the PEI Potato Board said this year should give growers a chance to test it., ***unscanned

: Potato irrigation will worsen water contamination; Earth Action co-ordinator Sharon Labchuk warns against allowing potato industry to irrigate fields with groundwater

: Potato marketing group to meet in Charlottetown; Delegates from major potato growing areas in Canada and US will attend the Potato Marketing Association of North America in Charlottetown, PE on July 13-15, 2014. Included on the Monday agenda will be tours of Prince Edward Aqua Farms (New London), a potato wash plant of RWL Holdings, Ltd. (New Annan), and Monaghan Farms (Kensington). On Tuesday, delegates will visit Canada's Smartest Kitchen at the Culinary Institute (Charlottetown) and Cavendish Culinary Creation Centre (Cavendish). The meeting is hosted by the Potato Processing Committee of the PEI Potato Board.

: Potato planting wrapped p; Greg Donald, general manager of the PEI Potato Board estimated that 85% of Island potato acreage was in the ground as of June 5, 2014. {Photograph, submitted by PEI Potato Board]

: Potato salad proudly made in PEI; Keybrand Foods of Charlottetown, P.E.I. recently expanded their operation after purchasing the former Seaman's bottling plant in West Royalty. They purchase 2.3 million pounds of raw potato product from Prince Edward Island each year and sell over 6.5 million products of finished product each year from their Charlottetown facility., ***unscanned

: Potato shipping season starts slower than last year; "The 2014-2015 shipping season is starting off slower than the previous year, but the general manager of the PEI Potato Board is optimistic about the prospects over the next several months.", ***unscanned

: Potato tampering resolution debated in legislature; MLA's debated a joint resolution to Agriculture and Fisheries Minster Alan McIsaac with hopes that it will send producers a simple message--"we've got your back.", ***unscanned

: Potato washing company receives financial help to purchase equipment; RWL Holdings Inc. of Traveller's Rest receives $569,000 in federal and provincial funding to purchase equipment for a high-speed potato wash facility. The new optical-sensing sorting equipment allows for sorting my size and type on a just-in-time basis, allowing more efficiency when sorting loads of potatoes for large-scale processors like McCain's and Cavendish Farms ACOA's Business Development Program contributed $500,000 and The PEI Department of Agriculture and Forestry's Growing Forward 2 Program has contributed $69,000. Co-owner Austin Roberts said it would increase returns for Island growers

: Potatoes and cheese; "This summer, PEI Potatoes partnered with the Dairy Farmers of Canada's All You Need is Cheese campaign to promote recipes including both products.", ***unscanned

: Potatoes worth $1 billion plus to Island economy; A study commissioned by the PEI Potato Board (conducted by accounting firm BDO and Canmac Economics) states that the potato industry is worth $1 billion annually to Prince Edward Island economy., ***unscanned

: Potential disaster no joke.; Article also appears in the West Prince Graphic, Jan. 7, 1998, page 5. From "Against the Tide" column.

: Potential for thousands of jobs coming to Atlantic provinces; Atlantic Shipbuilding Action Plan

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