Potato News from the Americas

La firma Farm Frites International comenzó a operar en 1971 en la ciudad holandesa de Oudenhoorn, y desde sus inicios hasta la actualidad, el foco de su negocio está en la producción de papas para la elaboración de papas fritas congeladas. Hoy la comp...

Papa Andina es una iniciativa regional coordinada por el CIP. Su objetivo principal es promover sistemas de innovación que favorezcan a agricultores pobres dentro de las cadenas productivas, a fin de mejorar su seguridad alimentaria, facilitar el acces...

His mono-food 20 Potatoes a Day Diet successfully behind him, Chris Voigt, executive director of the Washington State Potato Commission, is turning to potato recipes he wished he could have eaten during his two-month regimen.

Living Foods (NL) en Corpoica (Col.) zijn onlangs in Colombia gestart met een gezamenlijk project ten behoeve van zogenaamde snelle vermeerdering van Mini-Knollen uit vitro-materiaal.

An Oregon-based potato company is on pace to open a new dehydrated potato processing plant in Heyburn, Idaho, early this year.

The potato industry firmly believes that the health of our nation's children is a top priority and applauds efforts to improve children's nutrition.

As the United Stats potato marketing organization, one of the key areas where the USPB invests our growers’ contributions are in better understanding consumers, shoppers and the retail shopping environment. Drawing on insights and implications gleaned ...

Crop prices jumped, taking corn and soybeans to two-year highs in Chicago, after a barrage of data from US officials signalled further tightness in farm commodities

There's an increase in the amount of Prince Edward Island potatoes being exported this year.

Aunque publicado en el 2007, este documento aún es de actualidad. Incluye todo lo que hay que tener en cuenta para producir papa para exportación en la Sierra del Perú (manejo de plagas, riego tecnificado, manejo de suelos, uso de semilla de calidad, e...

Sweet potato is a hot food trend across America. Loaded with nutrients and high in fiber, this vegetable has continually received rave reviews by nutritionists.

These days people expect instant gratification. From finding where you parked your car to checking movie times on the go, 'there's an app for that.' In the same vein, no longer do you need to sit down and order a full meal. Now, there's a chip for that!

La decoloración que arruina las papas cocidas es un problema de la industria de la papa desde hace muchos años. Se produce, como el término lo indica, cuando al cocinar las papas estas quedan expuestas al aire y aparecen zonas de color que van desde el...

For casual-dining concepts, which account for more than one third of total U.S. restaurant industry sales, the past two years have seen traditional and upscale casual restaurants battling soft same-store sales, as consumers traded down to lower priced fast-casual competitors and prepared more meals at home.

Just in time for football playoff games and the “big game” in February, Cape Cod Potato Chips is launching the Big Game Chip Switch.

The discolouration that blights cooked potatoes has plagued the potato industry for many years. This phenomenon, known as after-cooking darkening, is one of the most undesirable characteristics and has been reported from every potato-growing area in the world.

Voigt, the executive director of the Washington Potato Commission, Moses Lake, is The Potato Man of the Year award recipient. Voigt received the annual award, from The Packer and its sister publication The Grower magazine, in conjunction with the Nati...

Tijdens de vorige week gehouden Potato Expo - het grootste aardappel congres in the Verenigde Staten - werd een nieuw initiatief gepresenteerd om het imago van aardappelen en friet te verbeteren.