Potato News

Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack today announced that under USDA's new "Smart Snacks in School"nutrition standards, America's students will be offered healthier food options during the school day.

Potato Tuber Moth (Phthorimaea operculella) populations are on the increase across southern Europe, particularly around Mediterranean basin, and are likely to lead to significant in-store losses and threaten the trade of infected tubers.

Representatives from across Europe?s food supply chain have today announced the launch of a joint effort to tackle the major societal problem of food wastage via the publication of their Joint Declaration entitled, “Every Crumb Counts”.

Children across the United Kingdom have been harvesting new potato crops as part of the Potato Council’s primary school project, Grow Your Own Potatoes.

A Pennsylvania woman received quite a surprise in a bag of potatoes she purchased from a local Walmart store. Bonnie Raygor said that what she thought was a bad potato turned out to be a live, 3 1/2-foot snake.

Sainsbury’s has relaxed the product specification of Scottish potatoes to support farmers through one of the toughest seasons. The run of wet weather this season has left many Scottish farmers with crops of smaller potatoes with increased blemishes.

La Cátedra Libre de Soberanía Alimentaria de la Facultad de Agronomía de la UBA advirtió que estas variedades no están adecuadamente contempladas en la actual Ley y son consideradas fundamentales para campesinos y pequeños agricultores.

Mayor rendimiento, mejores cualidades nutricionales y más resistencia al tizón tardío tendrán las papas del departamento de Nariño, gracias a un estudio que modificará su genética. El proyecto se repetirá a nivel mundial.

Los chips de vegetales han revolucionado el cóctel chileno con camotes, betarragas, yucas y hasta plátanos fritos en un mercado que creció 17% en cinco años.

Experiencia del CIP-INCOPA con la cual el Centro Internacional de la Papa (CIP) recibió un premio en Washington por un caso exitoso de innovación para la agricultura familiar en América Latina y el Caribe (ALC).

This year marks the 50th anniversary of the partnership between the Washington State Potato Commission (WSPC) and Washington State University (WSU) for potato seed lot trials.

Potato farming in Prince Edward Island continues to be primarily the domain of family owned and operated farms. 99% of potato farms in PEI are owned by farm families, with some of these families involved in growing potatoes for over 100 years!

El portafolio busca orientar los procesos de comercialización y consumo de alimentos, en coordinación con las Juntas de Usuarios de Riego. Estas expresaron su respaldo.

Chefs y propietarios de restaurantes comprobaron la eficacia del Manejo Fisionutricional en la cosecha de papas nativas en Ayacucho.

El Instituto de la Papa y Cultivos Andinos (Ipaca) del Perú produce papas nativas con pulpa de colores que contienen antocianinas y carotenos, antioxidantes naturales y anticancerígenas.

Primera edición del boletín que publicará la Iniciativa Chirapaq Ñan. El boletín destacará las actividades de la iniciativa en los diferentes microcentros y las de los agricultores custodios.

Kathleen Triou, VP of Domestic Marketing at the United States Potato Board will become the chief marketing officer for Avocados From Mexico starting July 1.

HZPC Holland bv, wereldleider in aardappelveredeling, betaalt zijn pootgoedtelers in de Nederlandse pool €29,51 per 100 kilo over de oogst van 2012.