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La investigación realizada por el profesor Manuel Ospina Giraldo sobre el organismo que causó la hambruna de la papa en Irlanda, será financiada por el Departamento de Agricultura de los Estados Unidos (USDA), a través de una subvención de US$ 999.900 ...

Among the hundreds of potato varieties that North Dakota State University researchers work with, some are certainly eye-catching.

Research by Professor Manuel Ospina-Giraldo on Phytophthora Infestans - the organism that caused the Irish Potato Famine - is being funded as part of a $999,900 “Education in Genomics-Based Microbial Forensics” grant from the United States Department of Agriculture.

After two straight subpar autumns, potato growers on Prince Edward Island, Canada, are breathing a sigh of relief that 2010 has gone so well.

The Procter &Gamble Company (P&G) (NYSE: PG) will release its P&G brandSAVER coupon booklet on Sunday, October 31, with more than $113 in savings featuring the Have You Tried This Yet? campaign.

For the seventh year running, Progressive Grocer magazine, a nationally acclaimed grocery and supermarket trade publication, has recognized the United States Potato Board’s (USPB’s) Retail Marketing Program

Key Technology introduces RemoteMD™, a new real-time condition analysis tool for G6 optical sorters – Manta®, Optyx®, and Tegra® – as well as G6 ADR® Automatic Defect Removal Systems.

McDonald’s Corp., the world’s largest restaurant chain, convinced a U.S. judge that consumers’ claims that its food contributed to childhood obesity were too distinct to be gathered in a single group lawsuit.

Prince Edward Island's potato harvest is almost complete for the year and producers in the province say they're optimistic about prices.

Thanks to McCain Foods USA's launch of Purely Potatoes, all the preparation fuss, mess, and time have been removed from potato preparation.

McCain Foods in Easton is a mechanized wonderland of potato processing—the source of millions of pounds of fries in every shape known to modern man

Klamath Basin Fresh Direct have found a way with their packaging, which is developed by Fox Packaging, to stop 99% of damaging light from reaching their potatoes. Potatoes are very sensitive to light and will turn green when they are exposed to light for too long.

There are lots of factors that affect the amount that people eat. It is now well-known that large plates will lead people at a buffet to fill them with more food than small plates and so they end up eating more.

Monsanto has recently joined a partnership, www.fitfrying.com. Fitfrying is a collaborative effort of nonprofit and for-profit companies with a mission to guide industry-wide, healthier frying efforts.

McDonald's Corp.'s third-quarter profit soared 10% to trounce expectations, and shareholders are lovin' it. The fast-food behemoth's stock continued to surge in record territory Thursday, nearing $80 a share.

Last week we included two articles on 'interactive'packaging and the use of labels to link to a website, video or application:

As part of its continuous journey to help consumers make informed nutrition choices, PepsiCo Canada is proud to support the Nutrition Facts Education Campaign