Potato News

Sequoia Capital invests $30 million in Indore-based Prakash Snacks for an undisclosed stake.

Infra-red heating and blanching, meeting today's food safety regulatory demands, innovative sorting solutions, enzymes against acrylamide and working out the real cost of ownership kept delegates busy at the final day of the 2011 International Potato Processing and Storage Convention in Denver, Colorado.

Snyder's-Lance, Inc. (Nasdaq-GS: LNCE) is proud to announce the completion of the largest ground-based solar farm in Pennsylvania. Covering 26 acres and comprised of 15,092 solar panels, the 3.5 MW Solar Farm

Scientists from the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) are setting up a task force to coordinate investigations to track down the source of any contaminated sprouted seeds in the European Union

In the arctic, behind a metal door that leads into an earthquake-proof room chilled to 42 degrees 7,000 potato varieties are stored..

"Son muy sabrosas y tienen una textura muy buena. Las personas no suelen comer una o dos papas. Se comen un paquete entero", dijo el médico experto en obesidad F. Xavier Pi-Sunyer, del hospital St. Luke's-Roosevelt de Nueva York. Lo que come...

De Belgapom-notering is de wekelijkse notering van de meest gehanteerde prijs van de voorbije dag(en) op de Belgische fysieke markt van aardappelen met bestemming verwerkende industrie.

De notering voor fritesgeschikte aardappelen van de telerbeurs Emmeloord is donderdag gezakt met €?7,50 ten opzichte van de vorige week.

Guaranda será la sede del IV Congreso Ecuatoriano de Papa del 28 al 30 de junio del 2011 El objetivo de este evento es reunir a las personas e instituciones relacionadas con la investigación y producción de papa en Ecuador para que expongan sus avance...

El presente libro analiza la cadena de la papa en Perú, su estructura, dinámica y evolución histórica, con énfasis en la primera década del nuevo siglo. Los hallazgos de la investigación permiten armar que a lo largo de los últimos diez años, se p...

In Kenya, Potato farmers and traders are bracing for lower returns after a bumper harvest prompted a price crash, easing consumer anxiety over the rising cost of living compounded by a shortage of maize.

A new study carried out by Oxfam, the international charity, has found that the potato is the most popular food stuff in Ireland.

De hoge voedselprijzen van de afgelopen tijd zijn veroorzaakt door misoogsten. Exportrestricties van sommige landen hebben daar nog eens aan bijgedragen, evenals de zwakke dollar en de hoge olieprijs. De stijgende vraag naar biobrandstof drijft de agra...

A lawyer for a New Brunswick potato farmer jailed in Lebanon is calling on the federal justice minister to charge his client.

Snack foods maker, Largo Foods, is to invest €2.6m in the expansion of its Co Donegal facility, Ireland.

Summer potato supplies will be short, but they should be sufficient to fill retail shelves until fall harvests begin.

There is unlikely to be a repeat of the bumper potato harvest last year which saw exports to Russia for the first time.

Topkok Ferran Adria gaat voor PepsiCo innovaties bedenken.