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The United States Potato Board believes a study released in Thursday’s New England Journal of Medicine perpetuates unfortunate myths and misconceptions about the potato.

In the arctic, behind a metal door that leads into an earthquake-proof room chilled to 42 degrees 7,000 potato varieties are stored..

Infra-red heating and blanching, meeting today's food safety regulatory demands, innovative sorting solutions, enzymes against acrylamide and working out the real cost of ownership kept delegates busy at the final day of the 2011 International Potato Processing and Storage Convention in Denver, Colorado.

Snyder's-Lance, Inc. (Nasdaq-GS: LNCE) is proud to announce the completion of the largest ground-based solar farm in Pennsylvania. Covering 26 acres and comprised of 15,092 solar panels, the 3.5 MW Solar Farm

"Son muy sabrosas y tienen una textura muy buena. Las personas no suelen comer una o dos papas. Se comen un paquete entero", dijo el médico experto en obesidad F. Xavier Pi-Sunyer, del hospital St. Luke's-Roosevelt de Nueva York. Lo que come...

Guaranda será la sede del IV Congreso Ecuatoriano de Papa del 28 al 30 de junio del 2011 El objetivo de este evento es reunir a las personas e instituciones relacionadas con la investigación y producción de papa en Ecuador para que expongan sus avance...

El presente libro analiza la cadena de la papa en Perú, su estructura, dinámica y evolución histórica, con énfasis en la primera década del nuevo siglo. Los hallazgos de la investigación permiten armar que a lo largo de los últimos diez años, se p...

A lawyer for a New Brunswick potato farmer jailed in Lebanon is calling on the federal justice minister to charge his client.

Summer potato supplies will be short, but they should be sufficient to fill retail shelves until fall harvests begin.

Volgens het NAPMN (North American Potato Market News) zal het areaal van de hoofdoogst in Amerika met 6,3% toenemen t.o.v. 2010. Naar verwachting zal het totale areaal uitkomen op 380.000 hectare tegen 357.500 hectare in 2010. Het areaal van de hoofdo...

A major export success for Herberts' includes the latest design pre-washing system for vegetables.

United Potato Growers of America sponsored a conference last week in Bloomington, MN to discuss the transition from the summer to fall crop.  The meeting was open to all growers and shippers including non-United members.

Hungry Jack Premium Hashbrown Potatoes launched the "My Happy Hungry Jack Family Photo Contest"(United States Only).

Idaho Potato Commission board members unanimously voted June 15 to oppose the U.S. Potato Board's use of a national retail trademark at the retail level.

Potandon Produce has announced the winner of its Idaho Potato Lovers Month Display Contest

ConAgra Foods, Inc., (NYSE: CAG) one of North America's leading food makers, today announced the purchase, effective June 9, 2011, of the Marie Callender's® brand trademarks from Marie Callender Pie Shops, Inc.

En todo el mundo las personas están cambiando su dieta por el aumento del precio de los alimentos, según se desprende de una encuesta hecha pública hoy por Oxfam en el marco de la campaña mundial CRECE, que quiere asegurar que todas las personas tengan...