Happy New Year!
We would like to wish all of you a Happy and Prosperous New Year 2018! ...
29 December, 2017
Potato Stamp for DIY Christmas Decorations
Handmade gifts are appreciated by everyone. If you are enthusiastic about paper crafts, you might also want to decorate your Christmas presents and cards yourself. An old, but still very useful idea is to make a potato stamp. Carve your desired pattern on a raw potato half, dab the carved surface into, for example, watercolor and stamp on a paper. The larger the surface of the halved potato is, the bigger a pattern you can make....
19 December, 2017
Potato Has Many Roles – Even a Peacemaker
We all know that potato is a versatile ingredient in cooking. Potatoes can also be used for example in making beauty lotion or biodegradable packing material. Potatoes even supply power; many remember the experiment in chemistry classes, where a lightbulb was lit with the help of a few tubers and couple of other supplies. A recently published study presents yet another, valuable role for the potato: peacemaker. After potatoes arrived to Europe and their cultivation her began, the productivity of farming...
15 December, 2017
Happy Independence Day!
We wish a happy and peaceful 100th Independence Day to Finland! ...
05 December, 2017
Office Closed on 6th of December
Finland celebrates 100 years of independence on the 6th of December 2017. The Independence Day is a national holiday, which means our office will be closed. In urgent cases you can reach us by phone. ...
30 November, 2017
Market Overview
According to North-western European Potato Growers (NEPG) estimations, the potato yields in the large potato producing countries (The Netherlands, Belgium, Germany, France and United Kingdom) are 17.7 % higher than last year and over 15 % higher than five-year average. Part of the reason is the 6 % average increase in total potato producing area in these countries. Some farmers have had challenges to fit all potatoes to storages, which has led to cheap lots being offered in the market. Generally,...
10 November, 2017
Open Days in Holland Next Week
Potato breeders host their annual open days events again next week in Holland. The seed potato companies have variety shows and other program arranged at their premises for potato professionals. Antti and Olga from Luonnosta will be visiting there. Please give us a call, if you wish to meet with us there!...
03 November, 2017
Avocados from Tanzania
For several years already, Luonnosta has provided also other products, such as root vegetables, cabbages and onions, in addition to potatoes. Thanks to our broad supplier network, we can also offer more exotic products: such as sweet potatoes or butternut squash. We can arrange also smaller deliveries of specialty products (minimum one pallet) with flexible delivery times thanks to our numerous contacts. The most recent product trial took place last weekend. Our first test delivery of organic avocados was successfully delivered...
28 September, 2017
PotatoEurope Takes Place Next Week
The annual PotatoEurope trade fair takes place again next week, 13-14 September. This year the event gathers potato professionals to Emmeloord, Holland. There will be around 250 exhibitors and some 15 000 visitors are expected. The trade show offers numerous demonstrations, latest knowledge and the possibility to meet potato professionals from all over the world. Antti Kuusisto and Olga Andreeva from Luonnosta will be visiting PotatoEurope. If you wish to meet up, please do not hesitate to contact Olga or Antti! Click to...
07 September, 2017