Children dig up prize potatoes.

PRIZE potatoes have been harvested by green-fingered pupils.

Children at Gwaunmeisgyn Primary School in Beddau, near Pontypridd, grew the heaviest Rocket and Vales Emerald potatoes in Wales, weighing in at 3kg and 2.5kg, as part of a competition called Potatoes For Schools organised by the Potato Council.

Sue Lawton from the council, which represents UK potato growers, congratulated the young winners and said the project was important because it helped children to understand more about the food they eat and how it is grown and produced.