Nieuws over trends in landbouw en voedsel

The Colorado Potato Administrative Committee (CPAC) is marketing Colorado Potatoes in Denver with banner ads on KOA 850 AM

Breeders Trust has written to more than 130 Belgian arable farmers on the basis of crop data obtained by way of a court order against the Belgian Federal Agency for the Safety of the Food Chain (FASFC).

By now you’ve seen, heard or crunched on the new snack craze that’s popped its way into store aisles.

Guided by a committee of food industry suppliers, the Food Processing Suppliers Association (FPSA) is reinventing Process Expo.

Omega-9 Oils from Dow AgroSciences have helped remove over 1 billion pounds of saturated and trans fats from the North American diet with beneficial economic and nutritional impact on the food industry.

Un equipo de investigadores españoles ha patentado un producto de origen natural que reduce en hasta un 98% la presencia de dos compuestos potencialmente cancerígenos en los alimentos. De aplicación sencilla -solo hace falta un vaporizador-, es la prim...

Maine—Around here, you can find "Maine Potato Candy"—mashed potatoes rolled in coconut and dipped in chocolate—and potato donuts. A popular county fair offers wrestling matches in a vat of potatoes. In a state where spuds are the top agricult...

You may assume that bioplastics made from potato starch can be composted. However, that is not necessarily the case.

The restaurant industry is quietly — and successfully — fighting back against the enactment of so-called Happy Meal bans, which forbid restaurants like McDonald's to hand out toys with children's meals that are high in calories.

Australian potato growers are being urged to use only certified seed potatoes to help stop the spread of the disease Potato Virus Y.

From spicy new flavorings to premium ingredients, potato chips are cashing in on a whole new image these days.

McCain Foods Australia and New Zealand has announced a new “overarching global company philosophy”, pledging to “spread the goodness” with reformulation of products to eliminate additives or preservatives, emphasise its School Veggie Patches campaigns...

Los ministerios de Salud y de Agricultura, Ganadería y Pesca de la Nación presentaron ayer la campaña “Argentina 2014 libre de grasas trans”.

De Franse aardappelhandel heeft dit seizoen tot eind maart 1.409.800 ton kunnen exporteren.

The Food Processing Suppliers Association (FPSA) announced today that it has reached a milestone of 190,000 square feet for the 2011 PROCESS EXPO trade show.

The Food Processing Suppliers Association (FPSA) announced today that it has reached a milestone of 190,000 square feet for the 2011 PROCESS EXPO trade show. The show will be held November 1 – 4 at McCormick Place (South Hall) in Chicago.

Thanks to the recession, 2010 was a year of $5.99 lunchtime specials, dollar-menu bargains and 2-for-1 meal deals; 2011 is turning out to be quite different.

The wet weather is beginning to concern Prince Edward Island potato growers who are hoping for a break soon in the rain.