Pa Januware 4-5, olima mbatata opitilira 1,800 aku US ochokera kumayiko khumi ndi awiri adapita ku Potato Expo 2023, motsogozedwa ndi National Potato Council, ku Gaylord Rockies Resort and Convention Center ku Aurora, Colorado, kuchita bizinesi. ndi kukonzekera ntchito zawo zamtsogolo.
Kukondwerera chaka chake cha 15, Potato Expo 2023 idaphwanya mbiri yamwambo womwe udachitikira kunja kwa Las Vegas, ndi anthu 1,816 opezeka nawo komanso owonetsa 175 omwe ali ndi malo opitilira 90,000 muholo yachiwonetsero ya Aurora.
“Chithandizo chachikulu cha obwera nawo, owonetsa, komanso othandizira pamwambo wa chaka chino ndi umboni wakuti Mbatata. Expo wabwerera ku mliri womwe usanachitikepo ngati msonkhano woyamba wamakampani aku North America, "atero a Jared Balcom, Purezidenti waposachedwa wa NPC komanso wolima mbatata ku Pasco, Wash.
"Komabe, Potato Expo sikunena za manambala - ndi zokumana nazo. Ndipo apanso, tinali okondwa kupatsa makampaniwa mwayi watsopano, wapadera wophunzirira ndikukulitsa mabizinesi awo… ndikusangalala ndikuchita izi! ”
Mkulu wa bungwe la NPC Kam Quarles anawonjezera kuti ngakhale kuti opezekapo anali chifukwa cha chikhumbo cha opezekapo kuti akumane payekha pambuyo pa COVID, "Ndikuthokoza gulu lathu la NPC chifukwa cha khama lawo popanga pulogalamu yolimbikitsira komanso yopanga luso kwa owonetsa ndi alimi. amene amayembekezera mwachidwi kupezeka pa Expo chaka chilichonse.”
Kwa nthawi yoyamba pabwalo la Expo, opezekapo adapatsidwa chakudya chapadera cha mbatata, "Spud's for You - Celebrity Chef Edition," chochitidwa ndi Ted Allen, wolandira Mphotho ya Emmy wa Chopped ndi Chopped Junior.
Ophika awiri ogulitsa mbatata ku Colorado (Jason Morse, CEC, mwini wake ndi wophika wamkulu wa 5280 Culinary ku Littleton, Colo., ndi RJ Harvey, RDN, CEC, Culinary Director wa Potatoes USA) ophatikizidwa ndi umunthu wa Food Network Duff Goldman ndi Simon Majumdar. pampikisano wozungulira kupanga mbale zomwe zimayika mbatata pakati pa mbale.
Kugwira ntchito ndi mbatata za Yellow zoperekedwa ndi Bob Mattive wochokera ku Hi-Land Potatoes ku San Luis Valley, Colado, ndi Caribou Russet Potatoes zoperekedwa ndi Dominic LaJoie wochokera ku LaJoie Farms ku Van Buren, Maine, maguluwa anali ndi ntchito yokonzekera chakudya chachikulu komanso chakudya chawo. "Mtundu wabwino kwambiri wa mbatata yosenda."
Potato Expo imagwira ntchito ngati bwalo lolimbikitsa mgwirizano pakati pa mabungwe a mbatata mdziko lonse ndi boma, komanso makampani ena onse. Posunga mbiri yake ngati malo othandizira kuyika bwino bizinesi m'tsogolomu, Potato Expo 2023 idafotokoza zambiri zaposachedwa kuyambira momwe nyengo ikuyendera mpaka kukhazikika mpaka mwayi watsopano wotumiza kunja.
National Potato Council, wokonza Potato Expo, akupanganso "Eye on Potatoes Podcast." Mothandizidwa ndi Syngenta, podcast imapezeka pamapulatifomu osiyanasiyana kuphatikiza Apple Podcasts, Spotify, ndi Google Podcasts.
Zimapereka nsanja kwa alimi m'dziko lonselo komanso opanga mfundo ku Washington kuti aphunzire za zomwe zimayambira pamakampani ndikumva kuchokera kwa alimi ndi akatswiri pazatsopano zomwe zikukhudza mafakitale.
Ma podcasts awiri amoyo adajambulidwa pa Expo Stage: "CEO Roundtable, Teamwork Across the Potato Industry," yomwe ili ndi ma CEO a American Frozen Food Institute, Potatoes USA, ndi National Potato Council; ndi "Onani Kuchokera Pamwamba," zokhala ndi apurezidenti akale, apano komanso omwe akubwera a National Potato Council. M'magawo, Syngenta adalengeza kuti yakonzanso zothandizira podcast mpaka 2023.
Chochitikacho chinawonetsanso kufunikira kwa Potato Leadership, Education, and Advancement Foundation (Potato LEAF), bungwe la 501 (c) 3 lomwe limapereka zida, maphunziro, ndi chithandizo chofunikira kuti athandize alimi ndi mamembala amakampani kukhala atsogoleri.
Panthawi ya Kick-off Reception, malonda amoyo komanso mwakachetechete adachitika zomwe zidakweza pafupifupi $60,000 ku Foundation. Zambiri za mbatata LEAF zitha kupezeka pa pleaf.org.
Potato Expo 2024 idzachitika Januware 10-11 ku Austin, Texas. Zambiri zimapezeka pa mbatata-expo.com.
Gwero: https://www.potatonewstoday.com