Chiwonetsero choyamba cha mbatata chikuwonetsedwa pa Januware 5-7 ndi chochitikacho ali ndi zambiri zoti apereke pamsika, Bungwe la National Potato atsogoleri amati.
Packer's Tom Karst adapita ku Disembala 15 ndi a Kam Quarles, CEO wa National Potato Council ndi a Hollee Alexander, wachiwiri kwa purezidenti wazogulitsa zamakampani ndi zochitika zamkhonsolo. Kulembetsa pamwambo wa 2021 Potato Expo ndi likupezeka pa intaneti.
Chiwonetsero cha mbatata cha 2020 chidakopa anthu opitilira 2,000 ku Las Vegas. Expo ya mbatata yomwe idakonzedweratu idakonzedwa ku Dallas koma sizinatheke ku 2021. Quarles adati chochitikacho chidzakhala chofunikira kwa onse olima komanso makampani ambiri.
"Ndife okondwa kuwona zonse zichitika," adatero Quarles.
Alexander adati mtundu watsopanowu ukhoza kupezeka ndi omvera ambiri kuposa zochitika zamunthu. "Tikulola ma CEO ndi atsogoleri ena opanga makampani kuti abwere pamodzi kuti adzakhale nawo pa Exato Expo ya chaka chino," adatero. "Tikudziwa kuti anthu ambiri sakanatha kupita kuzowonekera zakale chifukwa chakuchepa kwa nthawi komanso zovuta za bajeti, koma chaka chino onse athe kuzimva (pafupifupi), ndiye tili okondwa kuti titha kubweretsa Mbatata Onetsani makompyuta a aliyense. ”
Roy Spence, woyambitsa mnzake komanso CEO wa The Purpose Institute amalankhula pamsonkhano waukulu wa Januware 5 o mphamvu yamabizinesi ndi moyo. Spence anali wokamba nkhani wamkulu pomwe Msonkhano wa Potato unachitikira ku Austin, Texas mu 2019. "Ali ndi uthenga wabwino kwambiri wokhudzana ndi cholinga, anthu ammudzi komanso mabanja ndipo tikumubweretsanso chaka chino kuti tithandizirepo," adatero Alexander.
Mitu ina pamisonkhano ina ikuphatikiza ukadaulo waulimi, momwe ogula amagwirira ntchito, kusintha kwa nyengo ndi zina zambiri adati imodzi mwamagawo ku Potato Expo ibweretsa atsogoleri a Specialty Crop Farm Bill Alliance ochokera ku NPC, United Fresh Produce Association, Western Growers ndi Florida Fruit & Vegetable Association kuti tikambirane za mpumulo wa COVID-19 ndi mfundo zina zofunikira pamsika wazogulitsa.
Quarles adalankhulanso ndi Karst zakusintha kwa ndale ku Washington, DC ndi zomwe zikutanthauza makampani ogulitsa mbatata.