GB Potatoes

🙍🏼‍♀️Last month we welcomed Stephanie Cornwall, @BritishPotato_ Editor to meet the first cohort of our Industry Development Programme, delivered in partnership with the British Potato Trade Association 🥔🤝 Read her reflections in their latest edtion here👇🏼 #page/12" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">heyzine.com/flip-book/Brit…

It's #FoodWasteActionWeek and storing your spuds correctly is a great place to start to help them last longer and reduce food waste🥔 Find out more about this week and storing potatoes correctly, via 'Love Food Hate Waste's' website here:👇🏼 lovefoodhatewaste.com/blog/storing-y…

🚨🥔 Blight risk could rebound in 2026 despite last year’s low-pressure season… 💻To watch the full GB Potatoes' seminar from last year's @BritishPotato_ Industry Event or read more, head to our website here👇🏼 🔗 gb-potatoes.co.uk/blight-may-sti… @JamesHuttonInst

📚Celebrating #WorldBookDay with the ultimate kitchen hero…the mighty spud🥔💪🏼 Our pick... 'Poppy Cooks: The Potato Book'- 101 recipes from 15-hour potatoes to latkes, patatas bravas, bacon fondants & even potato smilies. The spud bible we all deserve.🔗 poppycooks.com/books/

Growers + packers = better, more resilient potatoes💪🏼🥔 🗣️Andrew Francis, managing director at Home Farm Nacton, shares his collaborative approach, highlighting what growers need most in new varieties👇🏼 🔗gb-potatoes.co.uk/potato-partner… @McCainUKIE @Branston @LEAF_Farming

Did you catch @SRUC 's student video “Potato Love Story” on our channels this month on Valentine’s Day? 🥔 We've shared the full story behind the video in our most recent press release. Find out more via the news page on our website here👇🏼 gb-potatoes.co.uk/news/

At the @BritishPotato_ event in November, industry leaders highlighted urgent challenges from falling potato area to climate pressures, and the critical need for new, resilient varieties📢🥔🌱 🗣️🗞️Read more to find out 👇🏼 🔗gb-potatoes.co.uk/the-seeds-of-s…

Great to see wider industry interest in the work we’re doing to strengthen the future of the UK potato sector.💪🏼🥔 Thanks to @scottishfarmer for sharing our latest announcement on the GB Potatoes Industry Development Programme 👏🥔 🔗thescottishfarmer.co.uk/news/25844844.…

✨Introducing our first Potato Industry Development Programme cohort✨ 14 rising professionals toured @McCainFoods_B2B, @Branston, AKP and @HaithGroup to get a full view of the industry. Programme continues in Scotland this June. Read more here👇🏼 🔗gb-potatoes.co.uk/gb-potatoes-na…

📅 One week today... We’re kicking off 2026 with our first webinar: “Cutting the Odds: Managing Risk in Potato Production.” 🕓 4:00 PM on Tue 17 Feb 2026 🔗 Register: tinyurl.com/msj3k52f

As major suppliers consider alternative varieties, can the 70-year-old favourite Maris Piper weather the storm or has it had its day? We look at its performance in the current market - bit.ly/4a5FKGj @greenvaleAP @Branston @Albert_Bartlett @gb_potatoes @StephieCLC

@gb_potatoes Confidence and Production Survey is open to all in the GB potato industry. Help identify where collaboration and targeted investment are needed bit.ly/46gkvjS or learn more at bit.ly/4qVGnJN #potatoindustry #britishpotato @JCMandCo @StephieCLC

📅🥔 One week left to take part in the Potato Industry Confidence Survey 📃 Have you had your say? Growers, your insight matters more than ever. 🎁 All participants will be entered into a draw to win a £50 M&S voucher. Take the survey today: surveymonkey.com/r/HZKWF8Y

🗣️ Maris Piper has had its day; or has it? 🥔 Our recent release highlighting the debate led by GB Potatoes chair and grower Alex Godfrey at last year’s @BritishPotato_ Industry event has been shared across the industry. Read it here in @FarmingUK ⬇️ farminguk.com/news/future-of…

🗣️"GB Potatoes welcomes the publication of the Farm Profitability Review, led by Baroness Minette Batters," says Scott Walker, CEO of GB Potatoes. 📲 With Minette speaking at a number of events this conference season, here is a reminder of our ask: gb-potatoes.co.uk/farm-profitabi…

Great to see the aims of our the Industry Confidence Survey featured in the @FarmersWeekly this week. These findings will be essential for strengthening decision making across the supply chain, shaping research, investment and informing future policy💪🏼 🔗fwi.co.uk/arable/potatoe…

Maris Piper has had its day; or has it? 🥔 That was the provocative title of a GB Potatoes debate at the British Potato Industry Event.🥔 📲To watch the debate and to read more about its history, purpose and future, head to our news section here: gb-potatoes.co.uk/maris-piper-ha…

Just last month, potatoes were the non negotiable on our plates. And if your still working your way through leftover cheese, chutney and potatoes, cookery writer Jenny Linford has shared some brilliant tips to use them up and enjoy this January👇🏼 gb-potatoes.co.uk/potatoes-chris…

🗣️“A medium baked potato has twice the potassium as a medium-sized banana.” - @ProfDavidHughes, or Dr Food, as he's widely known. 👀Read more from Prof. Hughes at the @BritishPotato_ Industry event last year, via our website👇🏼 🥔gb-potatoes.co.uk/dr-food-potato… @BeanstalkGlobal