date:Jan 22, 2013
n is a shift in eating patterns brought about by a globalised world.
There is no doubt that rice and pasta have eroded the potato's market share, Robbie says. It has occurred mainly due to multi-culturalism in Australia and, in the case of rice, the influx of cuisine from the Sub-continent and Asia in the past 20 years.
However, this is not the only reason.
Little or no promotion of the benefits of eating potatoes has been seen in South Australia or nationally for decades, Robbie explains.