Spud Smart's 10 Most Innovative Products

Does your product deserve to be named one of Spud Smart’s 10 Most Innovative Products?

Spud Smart is thrilled to honour the most innovative products and technologies impacting today’s potato industry. Has your company brought forward an innovation that meaningfully boosts yields, improves crop production, revolutionizes farm business management, or delivers another game-changing benefit? Tell us about it! We want to showcase your innovation to the Spud Smart world.

If your production or technology is chosen as one of our Spud Smart Most Innovative Products, we’ll spotlight it via Spud Smart’s digital channels and in the Spring 2025 print edition of Spud Smart magazine. Winning entries will also receive a badge that can be posted to your product’s website and marketing materials!

There is no cost to participate.

View last year’s winners

SUBMISSION CRITERIA

Product must have been commercially launched in Canada after Jan. 1, 2021.
It must be related to potatoes in some way (it can be in food processing, as long as potatoes are a target crop).
Nominee must submit the application in full before the submission deadline, February 14, 2025.

JUDGING CRITERIA

Judging of the Spud Smart Most Innovative Products awards will be based on answers to the questions below, the product’s overall impact on the potato industry, and its potential for scalability and widespread use.

Deadline for submissions is February 14, 2025.

Product Name

Company Name

Product or Company Website

Nominator Name

Nominator Email

Company Contact Name

Company Contact Email

Describe your product/technology (150 word max)

What is the impact of this product / technology on your customers / the potato industry? (150 word max)

Why is the product unique and innovative? (150 word max)

Is this a brand-new concept? What is your competition in the marketplace? Given that there are other companies tackling the same issues, how is your approach different? (150 words max)

Is this product commercially launched in Canada? If so, when? In what regions is this product / technology available?

Include one quote from a company spokesperson outlining the importance of this innovation for the potato sector (max 100 words).

Upload two Product Photo(s):

Questions? Please reach out to Spud Smart editor Dawn Ius.