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With summer entertaining just around the corner, Olympic Gold Medalist Heather Moyse is urging Canadians to look beyond the traditional potato salad, and get more creative when cooking their spuds - think potato chocolate cake!

Purdue University nutrition researcher Berdine Martin sees potential for potassium to be the next "really hot"nutrient emphasized in food science.

Potato Psyllids Have Returned to Magic Valley, Idaho Or maybe they just never went away. Psyllids, a tiny insect that can damage potatoes, might be hardier than some people originally thought.

McDonald's says its Dollar Menu is "a tasty way to fill up for less"but those deals could be eating into the company's profits, analysts say.

UK retailer Tesco PLC’s ambitious U.S. experiment -- 5-year-old grocery chain Fresh &Easy -- has failed after costing its British parent billions of dollars, the company said Wednesday.

The Food Processing Suppliers Association (FPSA) announced today that it has now surpassed the milestone of 200,000 square feet for the 2013 PROCESS EXPO trade show. The show will be held November 3-6 at McCormick Place (South and North Halls) in Chicago.

Sweet potatoes have turned into a sweet deal for Wada Farms Marketing Group LLC, which just opened a new sales office in Raleigh, North Carolina, to handle sweet potato volumes that have tripled in the past six years.

El descenso de temperaturas ya se empieza a sentir en Potosí y el termómetro bajó hasta los 8 grados bajo cero en el sudoeste del departamento. Más de 2.000 familias están afectadas y el 50% de los cultivos se perdió.

Según los expertos consultados por Red Agrícola, hoy en Chile la superficie sembrada con papa es de cerca de la mitad de lo que fue hace algunos años. Así mismo el consumo per cápita es menos de la mitad de lo observado en países desarrollados.

3G Capital and Berkshire Hathaway today announced that Bernardo Hees will become Chief Executive Officer of H.J. Heinz Company (NYSE: HNZ) upon completion of the previously announced acquisition of Heinz by an investment consortium comprised of Berkshi...

Executives from The Dow Chemical Company (NYSE: DOW) and Dow AgroSciences were joined by Indiana Gov. Mike Pence last week at a Research &Development (R&D) expansion ribbon-cutting event for a new 175,000 square foot R&D facility at Dow Agr...

A team of Virginia Tech researchers has succeeded in transforming cellulose into starch, a process that has the potential to provide a previously untapped nutrient source from plants not traditionally thought of as food crops.

Corn Snack Manufacturer Axium Foods, Inc. has officially launched its new corporate logo.

With the average adult in the United States consuming about 2.3 pounds of garlic each year (Source: ERS, USDA 2011), the demand for garlic in the U.S. clearly speaks for itself. In fact, Americans regularly turn to the flavorful bulb to add a delicious...

American Frozen Food Institute (AFFI) President and CEO Kraig R. Naasz today announced the addition of two new staff members to its government affairs and regulatory and technical affairs departments, as well as two staff promotions to its conferences ...

El Ministerio de Agricultura y Desarrollo Rural anunció hoy un paquete de nuevas medidas en favor de los productores de papa de Colombia y para fortalecer la cadena agroalimentaria del producto. Las decisiones tienen que ver con un programa nacional pa...

Son 56 recetas registradas por alumnos de gastronomía del Instituto Continental de la ciudad de Huancayo, y forma parte del proyecto de recuperación y conservación de la biodiversidad de papas nativas.

Un científico del Servicio de Investigación Agrícola (ARS) en California ha descubierto nueva información sobre las redes vasculares de las plantas de varios cultivos adaptando la tecnología de la tomografía computadorizada (TC) al estudio de plantas.