THE British Potato team has made some key announcements for this year’s industry show in Harrogate in November.
A strong mix of seminar speakers are being lined up for the two-day show which takes place at the Yorkshire Event Centre on November 19th and 20th.
The theme of this year’s show will be the potato’s role on consumers’ plates, both in the UK and internationally. From consumer habits to global supply chains, seminar speakers will look at how the UK fits into the wider market and what the industry can learn from other global players.
Prof David Hughes will head up the seminars with a talk entitled ‘Let’s Talk Food!’. An Emeritus Professor of Food Marketing at Imperial College London, David is widely known as ‘Dr Food’, and is a regular speaker at international conferences and seminars on global food industry issues, particularly consumer and retail trends.
Having lived and worked in Europe, North America, the Caribbean, Africa and South East Asia, he was co-owner of a hydroponic fresh herb business in Florida with the Publix grocery chain his principal customer, an agri-food management consulting business in Canada and has extensive experience as an international advisory board member with banks, agri-food companies and industry associations.
Other seminar speakers will include Cedric Porter and James Young.
Cedric regularly speaks at events across the world and is a commentator on the potato market for outlets such as the BBC and New York Times. His talk is entitled ‘International Trends’.
James joined McCain Foods in September 2021 as Vice President, Agriculture for the GB business and has been involved in the sourcing of more than 650,000t of potatoes annually from growers and suppliers across the UK.
Further speakers are expected to be announced in coming weeks.
