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Frito Lay Snack Index
February 10, 2024
Frito-Lay announces the annual Super Bowl Snack index: how you will snack on game day - on your couch
The first-ever Super Bowl in Las Vegas will be among the year's most exciting cultural moments – but for a staggering 81% of Americans, watching it all from the couch is much better.
Potato Chip Manufacturer Utz Quality Foods doubled headcount in acquired plant
February 05, 2024
Utz Brands Announces Sale of Brands and Assets to 'Our Home'
Utz Brands, Inc., a leading US based manufacturer of branded salty snacks, has announced that certain of its subsidiaries including Utz Quality Foods, LLC have entered into a definitive agreement for the sale of certain assets and brands to Our Home™
Kellanova North America Plant
February 05, 2024
Kellanova set to achieve 90 percent renewable electricity across North America in 2024
Kellanova has announced that the maker of Pringles® is on track to reach its goal of creating a climate-positive future
Working in the lab, Northwestern alumnus Bill Yen buries the fuel cell in soil.
January 26, 2024
This dirt-powered fuel cell can become a perfect power supply for agricultural sensors
A Northwestern University-led team of researchers has developed a new fuel cell that harvests energy from microbes living in dirt.
DOWNS CropVision
January 24, 2024
MAT-Harvesting brings DOWNS CropVision - a potato Sorter with AI-Powered Mobile Precision - to the US Market
The DOWNS CropVision®, a new optical sorter for unwashed potatoes, is now available in the United States Market via MAT-Harvesting.
Mario Andrade, assistant professor of potato breeding and genetics at the University of Maine in Orono, stands in a potato field at the Aroostook Farm in Presque Isle during the September 2022 harvest. Andrade too
January 10, 2024
New head of breeding program wants to save Maine potatoes from climate change
DNA science is gaining ground in agriculture, and researchers are using it to develop potatoes that will thrive in Maine’s changing climate.
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January 05, 2024
Potato Expo 2024: HarvestEye to showcase machine learning potato insights at Austin show
Machine-Learning driven crop insights tool, HarvestEye is set to showcase its refreshed 2.0 system at North America’s largest potato industry trade show Potato Expo.
Frito-Lay's U.S. Snack Index Predicts 2024 Trends Amidst an Increasing Time Crunch
December 27, 2023
Frito-Lay US Snack Index Predicts 2024 Trends
The fifth annual US Snack Index confirms what many of us are feeling – there are simply not enough hours in the day. A lack of time to prepare, eat and enjoy meals – especially among parents and younger generations – will blur the once-clear line between 'snacks' and 'meals' in 2024.
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December 18, 2023
CD&R to Acquire Shearer's Foods from Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan Board
Clayton Dubilier & Rice has announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement for funds it manages to acquire Shearer's Foods
Key Technology Introduces RemoteMD® 2.0 for Optical Sorters
December 17, 2023
Key Technology Introduces RemoteMD® 2.0 for Optical Sorters
Key Technology introduces RemoteMD® 2.0 remote support service for their optical sorting systems.
Rob Sears hopes his bioengineered potato radiation sensors will open the door to future innovations in organic technology. Image courtesy UTIA.
November 29, 2023
UTIA PhD Student Bioengineers Potato Plant to Detect Gamma Radiation
PhD student Rob Sears engineered the potato plant, also known as a phytosensor, to indicate high radiation levels through changing leaf fluorescence.
PepsiCo's PAO Accelerator
November 27, 2023
PepsiCo Announces Agriculture Accelerator Projects to Support Farmer Livelihoods, Scale Sustainable Innovation and Accelerate Regenerative Agriculture Across the Globe
PepsiCo recently announced the third year of its global agriculture program, the Positive Agriculture Outcomes (PAO) Accelerator, by backing eight new innovation projects across nine countries.
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North American Produce sector meets in Anaheim, California at IFPA Global Produce & Floral Show
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