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I’m euphoric right now’: Tyler Heppell and the Ugly Potato Day team celebrate after the Surrey event set a Guinness World Record by donating 246,528.61 kg of produce in 24 hours.
August 10, 2026
Surrey’s Ugly Potato Day Breaks Guinness World Record With 246,528 Kg of Produce Donated
Surrey’s Ugly Potato Day set a Guinness World Record by donating 246,528 kg of fruits and vegetables in 24 hours. The event attracted 30,000 people and brought together 25 farms to reduce food waste and support local communities.
Advanced hydro-cutting and water knife system from Southern Fabrication Works, strengthening FPS Food Process Solutions’ end-to-end food processing capabilities with precision cutting and efficient water recycling solutions.
March 05, 2026
FPS Food Process Solutions Boosts Global Food Processing Innovation with Strategic Addition of Southern Fabrication Works
FPS Food Process Solutions has added Southern Fabrication Works to its portfolio, boosting its capabilities in hydro-cutting, water knife technology and plant engineering, strengthening end-to-end food processing solutions worldwide.
Cellar Insights Secures Oversubscribed Seed Round to Expand AI-Powered Potato Storage Technology Across North America
September 13, 2025
Cellar Insights Secures Oversubscribed Seed Round to Expand AI-Powered Potato Storage Technology Across North America
Cellar Insights raised an oversubscribed seed round, co-led by Tall Grass Ventures & Accelerate Fund IV, to scale its AI-powered potato storage tech, preventing spoilage and reducing crop losses across North America.
Wyma’s waste removal solutions help processors improve efficiency, protect downstream equipment, and deliver cleaner product flow.
August 05, 2025
Managing Waste Efficiently: Smart Solutions for a Cleaner, Leaner Process
Regulations on food safety, labour scarcity, and environmental pressures are driving the need for smarter, more sustainable solutions. Waste doesn’t just affect visual quality. It disrupts automation, clogs up machines, and costs money. 
Maggie McNeil and Samuel Harding, co-presidents of Enactus-UPEI display their award-winning potato soap
April 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.
November 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.
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Max Koeune, President and Chief Executive Officer of McCain Foods Limited
June 13, 2021
McCain Foods Commitment will Help Limit Global Warming to 1.5°C
McCain Foods' commitment to cut in half greenhouse gas emissions across all of its global operations by the end of the decade has been verified to align with efforts to limit global warming to 1.5°C.
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.
December 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.
June 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
May 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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Farmer’s Keepers™ Potatoes come in a variety of non-uniform shapes and sizes with minor blemishes or minor mechanical damage.
February 19, 2016
Farmer's Keepers potatoes a take on delicious imperfection
BCfresh, a British Columbia-based provider of locally-grown vegetables, announced the introduction of Farmer’s Keepers™ Potatoes. Farmer’s Keepers™ Potatoes come in a variety of non-uniform shapes and sizes with minor blemishes or minor mechanical damage.
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Aerial impression of the McCain Foods (Canada) potato processing plant in Carberry in July 2015 (Courtesy: Gordon Goldsborough)
January 03, 2016
McCain Foods Canada investments in Carberry plant supported by government
Local and Federal Government (Manitoba, Canada) have announced an investment of nearly $380,000 for the McCain Foods potato processing plant in Carberry to increase efficiency, reduce waste and support the sustainable growth of Manitoba’s potato industry. The governments’ investment represents half of the total equipment cost.
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Marleny Aranda Saldaña (middle) with graduate students Yujia Zhao (left) and Carla Sofia Valdivieso Ramirez. Saldaña and her research team developed a (potato-) starch-based plastic film that has antioxidant and antimicrobial properties.
October 28, 2015
Researchers turn potato processing waste into eco-friendly plastic films
Researchers of the University of Alberta offer a green alternative to petroleum-based plastics used in food packaging by turning potato byproducts into eco-friendly plastic films
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PEI Dept of Environment shuts down potato wash plant RWL Holdings Ltd.
July 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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The biogas facility at Naturally Homegrown Foods, the maker of Hardbite potato chips
January 23, 2014
Hardbite Potato Chips initiates Waste Reduction Program
The manufacturer of Hardbite Potato Chips announced today that it has initiated an aggressive waste reduction and sustainability initiative with its manufacturing operation. The company has partnered with Fraser Valley Biogas, and FortisBC to recycle organic waste from the company’s food processing plant into a renewable natural gas.
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October 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)
June 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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