British Potato Council

The Potato Council is a Non-Departmental Public Body whose mission is to develop and promote Britain's potato industry.

The Potato Council promotes the health benefits of potatoes to the general public, showing how potatoes are low in both fat and calories and packed full of vitamins and minerals. The industry invests significant amounts of effort in teaching children about healthy eating and showing how potatoes are grown. Many of the industry's farmers work hard to re-connect children to their food, by spending time working with children in schools and on their farms, showing how they plant, grow and harvest their crops. The Potato Council, which has 56 employees, raises all of its money from a compulsory levy on potato growers and seed merchants and receives no funding from the government. It is based in Cowley in Oxfordshire. There is a Scottish office in Newbridge in Midlothian and an experimental station in Sutton Bridge in Lincolnshire. It was set up by the "Potato Industry Development Council Order 1997".

External links

* [http://www.potato.org.uk British Potato Council website]
* [http://www.britishpotatoes.co.uk Education website]
* [http://www.potatoesforschools.org.uk Potatoes for Schools]
* [http://www.potatoesforcaterers.co.uk Potatoes for Caterers]
* [http://quiz.britishpotatoes.co.uk The British Potato Council Quiz]
* [http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,2087-2340529,00.html The Sunday Times Article on Quangos Sept 2006]