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The United States Potato Board believes a study released in Thursday’s New England Journal of Medicine perpetuates unfortunate myths and misconceptions about the potato.

In a series of three separate studies looking at how changes in multiple dietary and other lifestyle factors relate to long-term weight gain, Harvard School of Public Health (HSPH) researchers found that modest changes in specific foods and beverages, physical activity, TV-watching, and sleep duration were strongly linked with long-term weight gain.

The 92nd annual National Restaurant Association Restaurant Show showed positive growth in attendee and exhibitor numbers

A lawyer for a New Brunswick potato farmer jailed in Lebanon is calling on the federal justice minister to charge his client.

Summer potato supplies will be short, but they should be sufficient to fill retail shelves until fall harvests begin.

Volgens het NAPMN (North American Potato Market News) zal het areaal van de hoofdoogst in Amerika met 6,3% toenemen t.o.v. 2010. Naar verwachting zal het totale areaal uitkomen op 380.000 hectare tegen 357.500 hectare in 2010. Het areaal van de hoofdo...

United Potato Growers of America sponsored a conference last week in Bloomington, MN to discuss the transition from the summer to fall crop.  The meeting was open to all growers and shippers including non-United members.

Hungry Jack Premium Hashbrown Potatoes launched the "My Happy Hungry Jack Family Photo Contest"(United States Only).

Potandon Produce has announced the winner of its Idaho Potato Lovers Month Display Contest

Idaho Potato Commission board members unanimously voted June 15 to oppose the U.S. Potato Board's use of a national retail trademark at the retail level.

Potato operations for Potandon Produce are in full swing at the company's key packing facility in Arizona, owned by Pinto Creek Co.

Dow AgroSciences achieved an industry first with the unveiling of saturated fat free Omega-9 Sunflower Oil at the Institute of Food Technologists (IFT) Annual Meeting and Food Expo in New Orleans.

Incoming IFT President Roger Clemens and President-Elect John Ruff presented four companies with the 2011 IFT Food Expo Innovation Awards.

In the United States, the 13 major potato States held 35.5 million cwt of potatoes in storage June 1, 2011, down 36 percent from a year ago.

The $430 million sale of Arby’s Restaurant Group Inc. to Roark Capital could be qualified as addition by subtraction for both the 3,600-unit Arby’s and its former sister chain, the 6,600-unit Wendy’s.

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The recent unveiling of the United States Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) MyPlate icon heralded a bold, new visual reminder of the importance of fruit and vegetable consumption, filling half the plate with these two important food groups.