Hanse Seed Corp. was founded in the year 2000 in order to introduce the  valuable varieties of the potato Breeder Saka Pflanzenzucht GmbH, Germany in the United States and Canada. Plant Variety Protection had just been established and Golden Potatoes had become already popular in the households of US and Canadian consumers, when directors of Solana AgrarProdukte, Hamburg, the commercial representative of Saka Pflanzenzucht GmbH decided it was time to pay attention to this vast and interesting market.