Potatoes

Chelsea Winter shares a recipe for crispy roast potatoes Audio

A Harvard study on spuds has slated them as a cause of obesity. Nutritionist Claire Turnbull talks the truth about potatoes. Audio

International potato industry expert Professor Gary Secor of the Plant Pathology Department at North Dakota State University is a keynote speaker at the The Potatoes NZ Inc. annual conference in… Audio

Mike Moleta from Potato New Zealand has been involved in the potato industry as a grower for nearly 20 years. During this time he has grown both domestic fresh market and processing potatoes, as part… Audio

Dr Arjen de Vos of Salt Farm Texel in The Netherland has just won a major international award for the development of a potato that can grow in salty soils. Audio

Dr Shrikant Jagtap is the Provincial Reconstruction Team advisor with the Department of State. He talks to Marianne Elliott about the importance of branding potatoes. Audio

Nick Webster lives in Oamaru and grows jersey benne potatoes. He reckons they're the king of spuds for Christmas and the region, with its volcanic soils, is famous for them. Audio

Massey University PHD student Zirsha Wharemate is researching Maori potatoes. Audio

Lauren Keane of the Washington Post on the attempts being made to persuade the Chinese to eat less rice and more potatoes. Audio

You can boil them, fry them, mash them and that's not all you can do with potatoes. Audio

We’re planting spuds, and Colin’s got a swag of varieties for me to plant in the iPlot. Using the bio-intensive style we’ll get nearly 30 plants in a four-metre long bed, and with a bit of crafty… Audio

Robin Oakley started growing potatoes at the age of five...he's still growing them and now employs 35 staff in Canterbury. Audio

Alyson Gofton has a book called Potato Favourites. David went out to dig up some potatoes with her and to talk spuds. Audio

Alison Holst talks up the humble potato and her new book "Popular Potatoes - 100 Easy and delicious Recipes". Audio