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"La papa (Solarum tuberosum) es originaria de América", dice a IPS Juan Izquierdo, oficial de producción vegetal de la oficina regional de la Organización de las Naciones Unidas para la Agricultura y la Alimentación (FAO), tratando de imprimi...

Greenvale AP has strengthened its board with a number of new appointments. Brian Macdonald has become financial director, having notched up 25 years at Scottish and Newcastle plc, initially covering its UK trading and production businesses, then overs...

Policies to get small farmers involved in saving, preserving, producing, marketing and genetically improving potatoes should take precedence over the age-old dispute between Chile and Peru about where potatoes originated, experts from both countries s...

Agriculteur à Saint-Vougay (29), Richard Cadiou se lance cette année dans la culture de plants de pomme de terre. Depuis son installation en 1982, il produisait des pommes de terre de consommation qui étaient directement livrées chez un négociant, avec...

El Ministerio de Medio Ambiente y Medio Rural y Marino terminó ayer el proyecto de norma de calidad para la patata en el mercado nacional, que sustituirá a la norma en vigor de 1986 y que será publicado próximamente, después de que se acabe el período ...

This report gives a complete overview of food laws currently in force in the EU-27. The following sections were updated: labeling requirements (allergen labeling, nutrition and health claims), packaging (pack sizes), pesticides, contaminants, ...

P.E.I. farmers who sell potatoes for processing to McCain Foods voted in favour of a new contract at a meeting Thursday night. Unlike those growing for Cavendish Farms, who rejected three contracts before signing, the McCain growers accepted the first...

Food manufacturers will have to start paying more for potatoes in the US to maintain future supplies, according to industry experts. Potato prices will have to increase due to high production costs or US potato growers will go out of business, Alvin ...

Pennsylvania's first and only vodka distillery sits unassumingly inside one of the former Glenshaw Glass buildings along Route 8 in Shaler. Pennsylvania Pure Distilleries, the brainchild of Prentiss Orr and Barry Young, is just about ready to release...

Allan Parker, President &CEO, World Potato Congress Inc. today announced the appointment of Albert T. Wada as a member of the Board of Directors. Mr. Wada is the Chairman and CEO of Wada Farms Inc., an irrigated farming enterprise in eastern Idaho ...

Lang niet alle aardappelrassen zijn geschikt voor biologische landbouw. Teler Niek Vos zorgde voor een doorbraak: er is nu een aardappel die resistent is tegen de gevreesde aardappelziekte Phytophthora: Niek Vos is de eerste biologische boer met een ...

Potatoes that have turned 'green' can potentially contain a naturally occurring toxin called Glycoalkaloids and pose a risk to public health according to a review paper published in the latest online issue of SCI's Journal of the Science of Food and ...

California will be the first state to ban trans fats in restaurants and bakeries under legislation signed today by Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger. The measure requires restaurants to quit using trans fats by January 2010, and for bakeries to follow suit ...

A happy-snacker was left star-struck when she discovered a Gary Lineker look-a-like in her crisp packet. Beth Benner was tucking into a packet of her favourite Ready Salted crisps when she pulled out what she thought was the spitting image of the footb...

Eco-friendly plans to generate power using waste from a crisp factory proved the real McCoy for Durham County councillors yesterday. Farmer Philip Johnson asked Durham County Council for permission to produce electricity – enough to heat 1,200 homes ...

The Environmental Protection Agency announced yesterday that it will no longer allow residue of the toxic pesticide carbofuran on domestic or imported food, a decision that would effectively remove the chemical from the U.S. market. EPA officials sa...

Noordelijke aardappeltelers zijn bezig met het ontwikkelen van aardappelen die beter zijn toegerust op zoute gronden dan de huidige rassen. De rassen zijn bedoeld voor de toekomstige teelt in het Noorden van Nederland in verband met de verzilting van ...

Cavendish Farms producers voted “overwhelmingly yes’’ Wednesday (July 23) to accept the latest offer from the Irving-owned company, but many look to the future with concern. It was the fourth meeting for the approximately 180 growers on Prince Edward ...