Welcome to the virtual news room for the 9th annual Potato Expo, January 4-6, 2017 in San Francisco, California. Potato Expo is the largest conference and trade show for the potato industry held in North America, offering educational programming and networking opportunities for 2,000 growers, suppliers, and experts. All content posted here is available free of charge for digital or …
North American Meat Institute Economic Analysis
The North American Meat Institute (NAMI) conducted a new economic impact analysis, along with John Dunham & Associates, identifying the U.S. meat and poultry industries account for $1.02 trillion in total economic output or 5.6 percent of gross domestic product (GDP). The complete release on the analysis can be found here. NAMI held a press conference this morning to discuss …
ZimmCast All About Spuds & Politics
In this week’s program we meet John Keeling, CEO of the National Potato Council who speaks about policy issues and Blair Richardson, President & CEO of the United States Potato Board, who unveiled the Spud Nation Food Truck. Chuck Zimmerman met both of these guys while covering the Potato Expo last week for his first time. Listen to this week’s …
#PotatoExpo 2016
It is potato time in Las Vegas: Potato Expo 2016. The annual event features world class experts in potato production, research and marketing. The goal is to discover new ideas and share business solutions with growers from across the globe. One of the first events was the SPUD NATION THROWDOWN COOK-OFF. The live competition features the top three finalists of …