spud bashing

A lot of coverage in the press recently over a piece of academic research carried out by academics here in the college: Clare Gilsenan, Dr Roisin Burke and Catherine Barry-Ryan. I'm glad to see that the Sunday Times had the helpful title "Organic spuds taste no better" because i certainly wouldn't have gathered that from the title of the original piece. "A study of the physicochemical and sensory properties of organic and conventional potatoes (Solanum tuberosum) before and after baking". That full article appeared in the March 2010 issue of International Journal of Food Science and Technology which we do of course take in the library but unfortunately we only have access to the e-version from issues more than 12 months old. However if you need to see the full article please get in touch. Not the first time that organic food has featured here and not always in the best of light. See posts from 30th Sept. Organic food fraud and 30th July. Organic food is BAD for you. Nothing like sensationalist headlines to sell a few papers.