{"id":241389,"date":"2022-05-04T13:42:34","date_gmt":"2022-05-04T11:42:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/potatonation.co.za\/?p=241389"},"modified":"2022-05-04T13:42:34","modified_gmt":"2022-05-04T11:42:34","slug":"potato-industry-forum-pif-2022","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/potatonation.co.za\/staging\/potato-industry-forum-pif-2022\/","title":{"rendered":"<strong>Potato Industry Forum (PIF) 2022<\/strong>&nbsp;"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">You asked and we listened! We\u2019re inundated with queries from spud lovers asking us to showcase a few faces behind our <em>spudnificant<\/em> royal family. One such event shows the unity and relentless strides of the potato industry that is hard at work 24\/7.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left wp-block-paragraph\">Potato Nation was present at the Potato Industry Forum (PIF) 2022 held on 26 April 2022 at Woodhill Country Estate in Pretoria. 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