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Maggie McNeil and Samuel Harding, co-presidents of Enactus-UPEI display their award-winning potato soap
Abril 30, 2025
Enactus UPEI's Spuds2Suds: Turning Potato Waste into Sustainable Soap and Community Support
UPEI students created Spuds2Suds, a soap made from surplus PEI potatoes. The eco-friendly project won top prizes at Enactus Regionals, donates a bar to food banks for each sold, and is now available locally. Next stop: Enactus Nationals in Calgary.
Yulin Hu, left, and Nasim Mia, right, are experimenting with hydrogen production at UPEI using sources such as potatoes, sawdust, and UV light.
Noviembre 30, 2023
Researchers at UPEI experimenting with making hydrogen from potato peels
Researchers at UPEI are experimenting on food scraps, wood and UV light to produce hydrogen gas.
Darren Cash, manager of safety and environmental operations at Cavendish Farms, New Annan explains how converting potato material not suitable for french fries into biogas, reduced the plant's dependency on fuel oil by 30 per cent.
Diciembre 29, 2018
Biogas from potato waste cuts greenhouse gas emissions Cavendish Farms French Fry Plant
Potato Processor Cavendish Farms in New Annan, Prince Edward Island, turns potato material not suitable for french fries into biogas, reducing the plant's dependency on fuel oil by 30 per cent.
Prince Edward Island craftsman Pieter Ijsselstein latest product is creating a buzz: handcrafted potato soap.
Junio 14, 2016
PEI Potato Soap could be an international hit, Island craftsman hopes
Prince Edward Island craftsman Pieter Ijsselstein is seeing quickly growing interest in his latest product: Handcrafted Potato Soap
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Innate Potatoes (Generation 1) a genetically modified potato variety recently approved in Canada will not be grown commercially in Canada this year, says Simplot
Mayo 22, 2016
Innate Potatoes won't be grown in Canada this year.
Innate Potatoes, a newly-approved, genetically modified potato variety, will not be grown commercially in Canada this year, says Simplot.
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PEI Dept of Environment shuts down potato wash plant RWL Holdings Ltd.
Julio 30, 2014
PEI Dept of Environment shuts down potato wash plant RWL Holdings Ltd.
Concerns over the quality of the waste water from a potato wash facility has resulted in the P.E.I. Department of Environment shutting down the operation.
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Octubre 20, 2009
New Cavendish Farms bio-gas plant helps with disposal of bad wheat
Cavendish Farms is taking unmarketable grain at its new bio-gas plant in New Annan, Prince Edward Island.The company will transport the wheat to the plant.It has been a difficult year for many Island grain farmers with higher levels of toxins making s...
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Cavendish Farms New Annan biogas facility during construction. The plant was completed late 2008 and inaugurated in the summer of 2009. (Krieg & Fisher)
Junio 22, 2009
Cavendish Farms unveils new Bio-Gas Facility
Cavendish Farms, one of North America's leading producers of frozen potato products, unveiled a critical vital new element in their environmental action plan, and a first for the potato industry in North America.
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