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Download PDF At first sight the intensive processes involved in growing a crop of potatoes don’t seem particularly environmentally sensitive. CPM looks at how the sector is rising to the challenge of climate change. Gathering carbon data is currently mostly driven by the supply chain. By Lucy de la Pasture Potato growers would be first to raise their hands and admit that growing the crop is dependent on deep cultivations which burns a lot of fuel and energy-sapping storage regimes. Both are costly on the balance sheet and in terms of carbon emissions. But when it comes to understanding their carbon footprints, many potato growers are already ahead of the curve and have got a handle on their GHG emissions. It’s not so much that potato growers were born with a more highly attuned environmental conscience, more that they operate in much closer proximity to the consumer in the supply chain, says Sarah Wynn, who heads up ADAS’ sustainable food and farming division. “Gathering carbon data on the farm is currently mostly driven by the supply chain asking the grower for that information. But we’ve found that once growers start to engage in the process then they soon see…
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