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The announcement of plans for a sweet potato processing in nearby Richland Parish earlier this month, set the wheels of opportunity turning for Franklin Parish interest.Franklin Parish is home to the LSU AgCenter Sweet Potato Research Station, which h...

La Red Electronica de la Papa, Redepapa (www.redepapa.org) reunió los enlaces de once sitios web con información de utilidad sobre almidón y harina de papa.

McDonalds (MCD) has been vilified by a number of movies and books, including Fast Food Nation. The company is a favorite punching bag for environmental and nutritional activists. While Big Mac's are hardly health food, the company has diversified its m...

PepsiCo's Frito-Lay Killingly, Conn., manufacturing facility today celebrated the inauguration of its Co-Generation system, which will generate almost 100% of the site's electrical requirements. To maximize the system, the facility will utilize the was...

Las ventas mundiales de la transnacional de comida rápida habrían experimentado un incremento en 4.3%, por encima de las proyecciones. Europa lideró las subidas con un crecimiento del 7.2%, gracias al impulso de los mercados francés y británico, mientr...

Bangor played host last week to the U.S. Potato Board during the organization’s annual summer meeting. About 100 people attended the gathering from all around the country, according to Tom Qualey, a potato grower in Sherman who chairs the national grou...

Americans love sodium and most of us consume considerably more than we should on a daily basis. Mintel’s recent data shows consumers are starting to pay more attention to their intake as more than half (52%) are monitoring the amount of sodium in their...

Fredericton is in the eye of the potato world this week with more than 200 delegates from Canada, the United States and 10 other countries attending the 93rd annual meeting of the Potato Association of America. The potato virus Y, which can affect cro...

El "I Congreso Internacional de Investigación y Desarrollo de papas nativas" se celebrará del 16 al 20 de marzo del 2010 en la ciudad de Quito, Ecuador. Además, como parte del evento, entre el 22 al 26 de marzo se desarrollará un taller denom...

Klamath Basin Fresh Direct (KBFD), an association of potato farmers along the Oregon-California border, has been awarded exclusive rights to grow and market a new purple fingerling developed by the USDA and three Northwest universities. The potato is...

Yum! Brands, empresa estadounidense propietaria de las cadenas de restaurantes KFC, Pizza Hut, Taco Bell y Long John Silver's, ha sido galardonada por su programa de formación sobre sostenibilidad para sus empleados "2008 Earth Week", según i...

Now that every Super Stack can comes with 100 even-crispier crisps, Pringles wants to celebrate by inviting U.S. fans to have fun and enter the "100 Ways to Enjoy Pringles"sweepstakes. From August 5 through September 11, Pringles lovers acro...

Basic American Foods, the largest manufacturer of dehydrated potato products in the United States offers a program called "Menu Economics". This program is designed to help restaurant owners and foodservice professionals with regards to menu...

PPM Technologies, Inc., a leading supplier to the global food processing industry has joined forces with Segana S.A. de C.V. a Mexico based food machinery supplier to form a manufacturing joint venture. PPM Segana Technologies will be located i...

The Procter &Gamble Company (NYSE:PG), manufacturer of consumer products in the personal care and household cleaning segments AND manufacturer of PRINGLES, reported financial results for Q4 and its fiscal year ending June 30. P&G announced dil...

ConAgra Foods Lamb Weston announced today plans to build a new, state-of-the-art, environmentally friendly processing plant near Delhi, Louisiana, designed primarily to process high-quality sweet potatoes from the region into fries and related product...

As part of its ongoing commitment to help Americans lead healthier lives, ConAgra Foods will feature the Smart Choice Program™ logo on many of its products. The Smart Choices Program symbol, which is displayed on the front of qualifying food packages, ...

Angela Santiago, CEO of The Little Potato Company in Edmonton, Alberta was recently hailed as Canada's 'Queen of Spuds' by Global TV. Since Angela Santiago harvested her first one-acre crop by hand in 1996, the Little Potato Company’s co-founder and CE...