Potato Review

4 POTATO REVIEW JANUARY/FEBRUARY 2021 NEWS Editor Stephanie Cornwall 01778 395055 stephanie.cornwall@warnersgroup.co.uk Multimedai Sales Executive eresa Geeson 01778 392046 theresag@warnersgroup.co.uk Publisher Juliet Loiselle 01778 391067 Julietl@warnersgroup.co.uk Design Amanda Calre Subscriptions 01778 392464 subscriptions@warnersgroup.co.uk Subscriptions & advertising copy Potato Review, Warners Group Publications, e Maltings, West Street, Bourne, PE10 9PH www.potatoreview.com ISSN 0961–7655 © AREMI Ltd 2018 e publishers are not necessarily in agreement with opinions expressed in this journal. No responsibility can be accepted for statements made by contributors or advertisers. POTATO REVIEW is published by: Warners Group Publications, e Maltings, West Street, Bourne, PE10 9PH Printed by Warners (Midlands) Plc Manor Lane, Bourne, Lincs. PE10 9PH January/February 2021 PRINTED BY WARNERS 01778 395111 Walkers to cut carbon emissions by bringing potatoes full circle WALKERS Crisps, one of the largest buyers of British potatoes, is partnering with British clean-tech firm CCm Technologies to reduce its carbon footprint by turning its potato waste into fertiliser. Using carbon-capture technology, potato peelings leftover frommaking crisps will be transformed into low-carbon fertiliser and returned to farms where potatoes for Walkers crisps are grown across the UK. Following a promising trial of the fertiliser, which was applied to potato seed beds this year, Walkers is installing Oxford-based CCm’s specialist equipment at its Leicester factory in 2021 to begin wider production in preparation for its 2022 crop. Once supplied at scale, the fertiliser is expected to reduce Walkers’ potato-based carbon emissions by 70%. The technology is designed to connect to the factory’s anaerobic digestor, which uses food waste to generate nearly 75% of the electricity used at the plant. The newly installed equipment will use the by-product waste from the anaerobic digestion process to create the fertiliser. The initiative forms part of a broader award-winning agriculture programme from Walkers, which has previously helped UK growers achieve a 50% cut in their water use and carbon emissions. Potatoes perform for athletes Well-known potato storage expert retires FARM Electronics’ Production Director, Paul Jackson, is retiring after almost half a century at the forefront of the business. Paul began working at Farm Electronics, which provides refrigerated cooling, ventilation and electronic control systems for stored potatoes, at the start of the 1970s as a Saturday worker, when the business was known as Chandler Farm Electronics. He, Tim Dudfield and Charlie Taylor, who have both both since retired, eventually took over as owners. Based in Grantham, Lincolnshire, the company is now part of the Tolsma-Grisnich Group. POTATOES can boost performance during exercise and recovery afterwards as much as commercial enhancement products, new information reveals. The Alliance for Potato Research and Education (APRE), a not-for-profit organisation, has funded three studies. All showed that potato consumption can ešectively support athletes’ performances, whether carried out before, during or after a workout, supporting muscle building and recovery.