The educational site TED-Ed has published a great animation highlighting the relationship between potato and historical events during the last couple of centuries. You get to learn, for example, about the role of potato in Irish population growth and famine. You can take a look at the animation on TED-Ed's site....
Antti, Olga, Kyösti, Heidi, Aki and Luonnosta's own Christmas elf (pictured below with his bag of gifts) wish you a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year! ...
Potato has taken more than its fair share of hits recently, but the rehabilitation seems to have begun. More often than not you can see articles telling about the beneficial effects of potato on health. Most recently a big Finnish newspaper Iltalehti published an article titled Potatoes Are More Healthy Than Their Reputation Suggests. These kind of articles sure are good for the humble spud in the fight for space on consumers plates. We all know that potato is rich...
Central European potato markets are still quiet even though there is export demand from some Eastern European countries. The yields in e.g. the Netherlands, Belgium, France and Germany were eventually quite normal, even though the summer was extremely dry and hot. At the moment the supply is still quite big compared to demand. One reason is that some growers are trying to get rid of batches that might deteriorate in quality if stored for too long. Price level has not...
We had a chance to taste the colourful Perupas potatoes at the office. These multi-coloured varieties sure bring joy to the table. These would do well in parties, for example. ...
Finnish Potato Industry will today gather to a cruise seminar on a ferry to Tallinn, Estonia. Luonnosta's Sales Director Antti Kuusisto will be giving a presentation on potato markets and future trends. The seminar is organized by Finnish branch magazine Puutarha-Sanomat and we'll most definitely see articles about the seminar in coming editions....
Yesterday's quality analyses revealed, unsurprisingly, potatoes from both ends of the quality spectrum. There are very nice looking potatoes as well as potatoes with excellent inner quality. On the other hand there are also potatoes of very dissappointing quality. Below are pictures of three different varieties to give an idea about the variation. All potatoes were judged by inner and outer quality and the dry matter content was measured. ...
Luonnosta's annual quality analysis day will take place on Monday the 2nd of November. The idea of the analyses is to get a better view of the quality of different potato lot. An analysis of a sample includes assesment of skin quality,inner quality, measuring of dry matter content and a cooking test. Analyses are also performed all year round to check new lots and to see, if the quality has changed during storage....
We are visiting the Netherlands and seed potato companies' open days on November 5 and 6. If you would like to meet us, don't hesitate to contact Olga Andreeva, Aki Aunola or Antti Kuusisto....
Luonnosta is not a start-up nor is it growing 1000 % a year, but our story is an interesting tale about the highs and lows of potato business. That is why our story will be presented in the biggest start up competition of Finland in Jyväskylä on October 24. Read more about Kasvu Open (Growth Open) on their website!...