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As part of its ongoing commitment to help Americans lead healthier lives, ConAgra Foods will feature the Smart Choice Program™ logo on many of its products. The Smart Choices Program symbol, which is displayed on the front of qualifying food packages, ...

Angela Santiago, CEO of The Little Potato Company in Edmonton, Alberta was recently hailed as Canada's 'Queen of Spuds' by Global TV. Since Angela Santiago harvested her first one-acre crop by hand in 1996, the Little Potato Company’s co-founder and CE...

Vakbondsleden bij Avebe willen wel vijf vakantiedagen inleveren, wanneer de crisismaatregel van de directie van tafel gaat. Het aardappelzetmeelconcern vraagt alle medewerkers om zestien maanden lang wekelijks 2,4 uur meer te werken zonder extra loon. ...

Nota escrita por Danilo Lalaleo Jácome y publicada por el boletín del Programa de Agronegocios y Alimentos de la Universidad de Buenos Aires (UBA). Se enfoca en los contratos que tienen los proveedores de papa de la zona de Otamendi-Mar del Plata con l...

PepsiCo Inc (PEP.N) agreed to buy its bottlers Pepsi Bottling Group Inc (PBG.N) and PepsiAmericas Inc (PAS.N) in a sweetened $7.8 billion deal, after a decade of operating as separate companies, as it seeks to cut costs and boost profits in North America.

The Northwest Coalition for Alternatives to Pesticides and the University of Idaho hosted an organic production field day at the Kimberly research farm in mid-July.At the Kimberly research farm, University of Idaho Researchers have dedicated an 11-acr...

A year after the signing of the contract between North Water and AVEBE, the new process water plant was commissioned. With this process water plant, AVEBE was able to improve the quality of the water that comes into contact with starch products in th...

Didier Thevenet, currently Vice President of Clextral’s International Industrial Management, has been designated President of the Clextral Inc., the subsidiary based in Tampa, Florida since 1986.Didier Thevenet worked several years for an American comp...

Carrols Restaurant Group Inc., the largest Burger King franchisee, provided the first official glimpse into the No. 2 burger brand’s latest sales trends, and it wasn’t good.While analysts and observers have predicted that Burger King sales trends would...

The Ministry of Agriculture has embarked on the revival of potato growing to boost the country’s food security. Among the key priorities are the rehabilitation of cold stores, construction and equipping tissue culture laboratories and green houses. ...

In een wapperend colbertje doet Jan Hoogenboom op een drassige akker in Metslawier de finesses van de aardappelteelt uit de doeken. Hoogenboom is de financieel-economisch manager en mediawoordvoerder van HZPC, een van de twee grote aardappelveredeling...

“There are people that are huge fans of fresh crinkle cut fries,” according to Ken Schiller, owner of the newly opened Mighty Fine Burgers Fries Shakes in Austin, Texas, “If it’s frozen, it’s no good.” Schiller tested thirteen different size fries with...

Recent maakte het NIS (Nationaal Instituut voor de Statistiek) de voorlopige areaalcijfers bekend voor 2009. Het NIS baseert zijn gegevens voor deze landbouwtelling op 60% van de bedrijven. Uit deze cijfers blijkt dat het totale areaal aardappelen dit ...

Frito Lay siempre ha apostado por lo peruano, y lo seguirá haciendo. Con esta premisa y el reconocimiento mundial que tiene la cocina peruana en la actualidad, la marca de snacks aprovecha no sólo la riqueza de ésta, sino también su variedad de sabores...

The Potato industry’s “Potatoes … Goodness Unearthed” slogan has officially become a registered trademark.The slogan — which grower-shippers, packers, retailers and other allied industry have been using on bags, bins and boxes since 2008 —  will now in...

De gemiddelde opbrengst van Bintje consumptieaardappelen bedroeg vorige week in België 30 ton per hectare. Dat is meer dan het tienjaarlijks gemiddelde. Het Belgische Proefcentrum voor de Aardappelteelt (PCA) heeft vorige week de eerste proefrooiinge...

Con el inicio del año fiscal en California, también entran en vigor varias leyes como la que hará pública la información nutritiva de comida en restaurantes de comida rápida, así como la extensión de beneficios de salud para personas que hayan perdido ...

Fresh potatoes take a starring role and inspire families to build them into their weekly meal repertoires.Thanks to its innovative ‘Me for a Day’ life swap experiment, which was captured on film and has been airing nationally, the Potato Council’s camp...