Potato Processing and Storage Convention

Once again, I encourage you to attend this years' Potato Processing and Storage Convention June 23-25 in Charlottetown PEI, Canada (http://www.potatoconvention.com/).

Especially in a down economy, when most of us are particularly pressed to find ways to make our companies more money, it is important to have some time set aside. Time to mix with professionals in our industry, but not from within your specific company. Time to think and discuss new ways of doing things. Time to open our minds to new ideas, different perspectives.

The people who attend this kind of convention during tough economic times ultimately set themselves above and apart from the "quadrant 1" crowd, those who can focus only on that which is urgent. Rather, these are the ones who synthesize new ideas. These are the ones who are driving the potato industry ahead to continually improve our products and profitability.

I will be giving a presentation on foreign material control. Not that it is a new topic; but new technologies continue to arise and become practical and necessary under the changing conditions of the market. People who buy and eat potato products do not want other items included in the offering! And we have known for a long time that there is room for improvement in our deliverables, and this is the time to consider what we owe ourselves and our customers.

There are other benefits to foreign material control besides consumer issues. We will address each one. But expect to hear something a bit different, a bit more than what you have heard before.

That is what I do, when I come to this convention: I bring new ideas. I trust many others will do the same, and we will all be the richer in the exchange.

See YOU there!

Tim

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