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A Madison botanist has been honored by the Agricultural Research Service of the U.S. Department of Agriculture for his work on the evolution of potatoes. David Spooner was named "Area Senior Research Scientist of 2008"by the ARS in ceremonie...

Los científicos dicen que pueden haber averiguado por qué las patatas fritas inglesas huelen de una manera tan irresistible: una compleja mezcla de esencias que incluyen sirope de caramelo, cacao, queso y flores. 'Al horno o fritas, la humilde patata...

Washington potato grower Ed Schneider has been elected to lead the National Potato Council. The organization advocates for the economic well-being of U.S. potato growers on federal legislative, regulatory, environmental and trade issues.  In addition,...

According to market analyst and editor of North American Potato Market News, Bruce Huffaker, alarmists appear to be exaggerating reports about weakness in demand for frozen potato products. While there is no doubt that the economy has hurt demand, one ...

President Barack Obama urged a “complete review” of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration after the agency failed to prevent contamination of peanut butter linked to deaths, illnesses and one of the largest U.S. food recalls. The FDA has “not been abl...

Más de una veintena de variedades de papa de altos rendimientos y resistentes a enfermedades cultivan agricultores cubanos, para elevar la producción de uno de los principales alimentos del agro. Entre esas especies figuran las europeas Romano, Santan...

Chris Voigt, executive director of the Washington State Potato Commission, addressed a group of roughly 120 growers at the Washington State Potato Conference in Kennewick Tuesday, where he provided an update on key issues for the potato industry.One of...

Hy-Vee Inc. this week became the first company in the Midwest to introduce a program that helps customers understand the nutritional value of the food they buy. The program is good news for shoppers trying to improve their diets. Hy-Vee tested the Nu...

The first part of 2008 began as a banner year for spuds."But then all of a sudden in the fourth quarter of 2008, things started to change,"Dale Lathim said, Executive Director of the Potato Growers of Washington.Despite how good the french f...

The Cuban government invested 40 million dollars to buy items destined to the cultivation of potatoes, a strategy to increase delivery of food to the Cuban population. The information was given by Cuban Agriculture Vice Minister Juan Perez Lamas Monda...

Farmers from all over Washington State are in the Tri-Cities for the potato conference at the Three Rivers Convention Center. The potato conference was held for almost 50 years in Moses Lake and this is it's first time in the Tri-Cities.Some people bel...

When potato growers line up for their potato bar lunch at the 48th annual Washington State Potato Conference, they will be meeting and eating an old acquaintance with a new name.The new Classic Russet being topped and served by Commissioners this year ...

CFIA statement: The Government of Canada is pleased to announce that it has taken all actions necessary to comply fully with the United States import requirements for Alberta seed potatoes. As a direct result, Alberta will be able to resume the export ...

The Agriculture Ministry and Customs Agency (DGA) sent 56 containers of tainted potatoes back to Holland, affirming that it didn’t comply with international sanitary norms, and said an investigation is underway to determine who allowed part of the ship...

Baked potatoes and French fries are some of the biggest sellers at the Pennsylvania Farm Show, and many are willing to wait in rather long lines at the food court to get them.However, those two items aren’t the only staple food products provided by the...

New Zealand scientists have reported that heavily processed foods with a high glycaemic index (GI) could be addictive in a similar way to drugs.Simon Thornley, from the Auckland Regional Public Health Service, noted that foods with a high GI caused blo...

Jason Apfelbaum's Totally Baked—baked potato restaurant—on 18th Street—has closed. After spending a ton of cash, the successful catering entrepreneur has been forced to accept that his business model was flawed. According to numerous comments on the In...

According to a survey of U.S. consumers commissioned by NCR Corporation, unprecedented price wars and product promotions by retailers may be saving consumers money, but also costing them more in terms of personal time. The research reveals that barga...