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Sunrise Potato Storage Ltd.

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Sunrise Potato Storage Ltd. is a family operated potato farm in Alliston, Ontario, Canada producing potatoes for chip sector.

Two generations now grow 1500 acres of potatoes annually, having put down roots where the previous generation of VanderZaags originally immigrated. Nick and Ruth Ploeg (shown in picture) lead the farming operation with support of her parents.

The first VanderZaags (Peter’s parents) emigrated from Holland in 1949, successfully transplanting their extensive knowledge of potato production onto  Canadian soil.
Sunrise Potato Storage in Alliston, Ontario, Canada

Sunrise Potato Storage Ltd. focuses on precise sustainable production practices with cover crops and needed soil amendments for growing their high quality potatoes.

Their state-of-the-art storage facilities hold 400,000 cwt (18,000 tonnes) in 20 bins, which allows us to ship the crop from September’s harvest to the following July. 

Peter and Carla also spent twenty years overseas, studying and developing potato production methods in countries such as China, Bangladesh and Rwanda. 

Peter leads a small private potato breeding program on the farm. Several of his varieties are being grown commercially in Canada as well as in several other countries. SP327 is a noteworthy one for the chip industry. 

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Ashley and Chris Gasperi loved the Grimm Spudnik products on display at the Aug. 24 Potato Field Day and Trade Show in Alliston. They said accessing high-quality scaled-down machinery in Kenya is difficult.
September 21, 2023

Kenyan seed potato producer Freshcrop Ltd inspired by potato cultivation in Ontario, Canada

Seven years ago, Chris and Ashley Gasperi planted four acres of potatoes on their idle land in Kenya.
Arrancó la "revolución" de la papa en China
February 11, 2019

Arrancó la 'revolución' de la papa en China

Su producción de papa es ahora 20 veces la de Canadá. Así lo afirma Peter van der Zaag, de Sunrise Potato (Ontario), orador principal del Manitoba Potato Days, evento realizado a finales de enero en Brandon, Manitoba.
Dr. Peter VanderZaag appointed to International Advisory Committee of World Potato Congress Inc.
July 28, 2014

Dr. Peter VanderZaag appointed to International Advisory Committee of World Potato Congress Inc.

David Thompson, President and CEO of World Potato Congress Inc. announced today the appointment of Dr. Peter VanderZaag, President: SunRISE Potato Ltd, Alliston, Ontario, Canada, to the organization’s International Advisory Committee

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