News on Health and Nutrition from Alberta

September 23, 2020

Pilot project could make growing potatoes cheaper, more accessible in the North

Northern Farm Training Institute will test a range of potato varieties to see which do best in Northern Canada. This pilot project could approved earlier this month could improve food security.

April 28, 2020

Plummeting french fry sales has potato growers re-evaluating

Restaurant closures have slashed demand although ‘chip sales have been great,’. French fry sales are down across North America as tens of thousands of restaurants have closed during COVID-19, which means the potato industry has to adapt quickly.

October 18, 2017

Left Field Foods launches Spokes, a popped potato snack

Snack food company Left Field Foods has launched SPOKES, a light and crunchy air-puffed potato snack, now available across Canada.

October 28, 2015

Researchers turn potato processing waste into eco-friendly plastic films

Researchers of the University of Alberta offer a green alternative to petroleum-based plastics used in food packaging by turning potato byproducts into eco-friendly plastic films

August 27, 2012

Canadian politician says call for potato boycott wasn't intended to hurt producers

A Liberal MLA in Canada's Alberta province who called for a boycott of Alberta potatoes over concerns that child labour remains unregulated in the province says he has no desire to damage the livelihoods of growers.

August 21, 2012

Alberta politician calls on Frito-Lay to boycott Alberta potatoes on child labour concerns

An Alberta politician, the Liberal MLA David Swann, called on snack-food giant Frito Lay, a subsidiary of PepsiCo., to boycott Alberta potatoes because child labour remains unregulated on provincial farms. The New Democrats later joined the Alberta Fe...