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Waitrose and Partners is set to be the first major retailer to sign up to The UK Robust Potato Pledge, which will see the group move away from the use of copper-based fungicides on organic fresh potatoes in order to combat late blight Phytophthora.

The FAO Food Price Index (FFPI) averaged 130.0 points in September 2021, up 1.5 points (1.2 percent) from August and 32.1 points (32.8 percent) from the same month last year. The latest rise of the FFPI was largely driven by higher prices of most cereals and vegetable oils.

Grupo Apex, empresa española líder en ventas del sector de aperitivos salados, ha anunciado la compra del negocio de patatas fritas y snacks que hasta ahora desarrollaba la fabricante madrileña Aperitivos Medina.

Ikea ha traído a España unas patatas fritas de bolsa que son muy solicitadas en Suecia. Son de crema agria y cebolla, pero hay algo que le hacen ser completamente diferentes a las patatas a las que estamos acostumbrados.

Una envasadora de patatas belga propone platos preparados veganos. La cosecha de las patatas belgas presenta una serie de desafíos en términos de calidad, de acuerdo con Geoffrey Delbaere, gerente de ventas de Warnez Potatoes.

La comida mexicana tendrá presencia en el planeta rojo gracias a 'la papa que quiso ser albóndiga' una receta creada por un mexicano que sorprendió al mundo entero.

Lineage Logistics LLC, a leading global temperature-controlled industrial REIT and logistics solutions provider, has completed its acquisition of Kloosterboer Group.

Over 70,000 visitors from 169 countries – spirit of optimism at the leading global trade fair for food and beverages - high level of satisfaction among both the exhibitors and visitors

With over 170 machines sold, Haith's Rota-tip range is the potato industry's most popular box tippler, and visitors to this year's British Potato will be the first to see the next generation of the class-leading machine.

Meadowfresh Foods in Tallow, Co. Waterford and O'Shea Farms/Iverk Produce, based in Piltown, Co. Kilkenny, have joined forces to become Ireland’s first dedicated fresh chipping potato packer and distributor.

Rovema Benelux presents Innotech Revo 3800 at Interpom Kortrijk in Belgium: 'These are the latest potato packaging novelties'

Leading potato and vegetable handling equipment manufacturer, and sponsor of the BP2021 British Potato exhibition, Tong Engineering, will be showcasing equipment advances from field to pack, as well as the latest technologies in automation and optical sorting, at the UK’s largest biannual potato event in November.

Seed Potato company HZPC realized that the financial year 2020/2021 would be difficult. Last year, the potato distributor was operating in a global economic recession.

67 products have made it onto the exhibition area of the Anuga taste Innovation Show. The international food and drinks industry will once again be meeting up at Anuga in Cologne from 9 to 13 October 2021.

England: Big role for biostimulants in fertiliser price hike. With the agricultural industry experiencing a 130 percent increase in fertiliser costs, farmers are being advised to look beyond nitrogen applications to get the most from their soils.

McCain, the UK’s No.1 frozen potato brand, has announced the appointment of James Young, who will be joining the UK senior leadership team as Agriculture Director.

A lot of water, energy and nutrition is lost during the processing of vegetables and potatoes. Scientists from Ghent University, together with partners Flanders' FOOD, Howest, VITO and Vlakwa, are therefore reviewing the processing process from A to Z in the VEG-i-TEC research center.

The call for abstract submission for WPC 2022 is now open and authors are encouraged to submit their abstract online for consideration. Deadline for Oral Submissions: 30th November 2021. Deadline for Poster Submission: 15th February 2022.