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PEI Potato Board presents 2021 potato industry awards The PEI Potato Board traditionally presents Potato Industry Recognition Awards at its annual banquet to recognize individuals who have made significant contributions to the industry. Three awards were presented at the board’s monthly meeting in March 2021 and they will be recognized at the banquet in 2022. The award winners for 2021 include: Peter McKenna: Peter McKenna learned the potato business from his father Terence and Uncle John. In 1979, he started working in the family potato brokerage and packing business. When McKenna Brothers were looking to expand into the offshore export market in the late 1980s, they recognized the value of mentorship and continued to work with Mitch MacLean when they took over his export business, Island Shipping. ....