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The Strang family of potato farmers in New Brunswick, Canada are getting into the liquor business by making vodka from potatoes. The first batch of Blue Roof vodka will be available in the farm’s storefront this week and in NB liquor stores sometime in the next week.

TOMRA Sorting Food has launched TOMRA Care to satisfy customers’ changing service needs, and to meet the new way of thinking about service in general.

Key Technology’s Optyx® digital sorters are selected by regional processors of batch-fried potato chips/crisps working to satisfy the rising quality expectations of consumers and retailers around the world.

En la sede del Ministerio de Agroindustria de la provincia de Buenos Aires, en La Plata, se llevó adelante una nueva reunión de la Mesa Provincial de la Papa en la que quedó constituido el Comité de Seguimiento de la Producción de la Papa Semilla, en la zona diferenciada.

Agricultores guardianes de la papa nativa de cinco regiones del país se reunirán el jueves 8 y viernes 9 en el distrito de Laraos, provincia de Yauyos, región Lima. El objetivo del encuentro es el de fomentar el diálogo y consolidar las alianzas para la conservación de la diversidad de este tubérculo.

El presidente Evo Morales, inauguró hoy en el municipio de Fernández Alonso, del departamentio de Santa Cruz, el programa nacional de siembra de papa de invierno y tempranera con una inversión de 125.6 millones de bolivianos.

Cada 30 de mayo, el Perú celebra el Día Nacional de la Papa. El objetivo de la celebración es revalorar la papa como expresión de la cultura andina milenaria y muestra de la agro-biodiversidad. Así mismo busca promover su consumo, destacando su valor nutricional y versatilidad en la gastronomía.

Most people say that if there is a healthy choice on a menu they will take it. But observations and research show this is generally not the case.

Volm Companies, the leading North American supplier of fresh produce packaging and equipment automation solutions, today announced a formal strategic partnership with Wyma Solutions, the global expert in post-harvest fresh and processed handling solutions.

Orkla Food Ingredients, a subsidiary of Orkla ASA (OSE:ORK) has signed a license agreement with Renaissance BioScience Corp. to exclusively produce and sell Renaissance acrylamide-reducing yeast to food manufacturers in the European Nordic and Baltic markets, starting in Q3 2017.

Simplot Plant Sciences will not commercially launch its Innate GMO potatoes in Canada this year, despite regulatory approval and interest among potato farmers to grow these new potatoes

Un Plan de Reimpulso Productivo para estimular el cultivo de la papa en el ciclo norte-verano 2017, propuso la Federación Nacional de Productores de Papas y Hortalizas de Venezuela al Ministerio de Agricultura y Tierra.

El acto ha contado con la presencia del vicepresidente y consejero insular de Agricultura, Ganadería y Pesca, el embajador de Perú en España, el viceconsejero del Sector Primario del Gobierno de Canarias, el consejero insular de Turismo y el alcalde de La Orotava.

In 2016, Africa as a whole maintained its position as the world’s second-fastest growing economies behind South Asia, according to data released during the Financial Presentation at the African Development Bank Group’s Annual Meetings

NEIKER-Tecnalia is conducting research since 2014 with the objective to identify potato varieties with high levels of bioactive compounds (anthocyanins, phenols and total carotenoids - all having potential potential health benefits), and are adapted to the growing conditions in Spain.

Zimbabwe has run out of potatoes for making potato chips, prompting potato chips manufacturer Hanawa Super Foods to request an import permit to buy potatoes from South Africa from the Industry and Commerce ministry.

Boulder Canyon® Takes Traditional BBQ Potato Chips To New, Tastier Level With Introduction of Mesquite Barbeque Coconut Oil Variety

Key Technology expands its VERYX® family of digital sorters with the introduction of the VERYX B140, a medium-capacity belt-fed sorter with a 1400-mm wide inspection zone.