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oktober 22, 2008

Azerbaijan harvested 1.27 mln tonnes of potatoes

According to data of the State Statistics Committee of Azerbaijan, as of October 1, 2008, 1.27 mln tonnes of potatoes and 1.137 mln tonnes of vegetables were harvested.
oktober 22, 2008

Egypt's Potato Potential

Egypt may already have the magic ingredient to ease the pressures of a growing population and rising food prices: the Potato.In Egypt, those who know potatoes say that the lowly, oft-mocked crop could feed the hungry and pump cash into the economy. Big...
 Keystone Potato Products
oktober 22, 2008

Keystone Potato Products: sustainable potato dehydrates

Keystone Potato Products is committed to sustainability: In 2000, co-op members began looking at building a dehydrated potato processing facility in Pennsylvania – which would be the first dehy plant on the East Coast. A local plant would provide a ma...
oktober 22, 2008

Potato Cyst Nematodes all over Australia?

A property at Thorpdale, in West Gippsland, has been found to have potato cyst nematode (PCN) and a freeze has been put on potato trade from the area.John Hodgkin from the Thorpdale branch of the Victorian Farmers Federation says the Government has to ...
 McCain Foods Limited
oktober 22, 2008

McCain Foods outsources accounting functions to India: 25 jobs cut in Florenceville

McCain Foods is axing 25 jobs in New Brunswick as part of a move to outsource accounting functions to India. The head of McCain Foods (Canada) says the outsourcing of the jobs is part of the company's efforts to become more competitive globally. The ...
McDonald's French Fries: MacFries or McFries?
oktober 21, 2008

McDonald's French Fries: MacFries or McFries?

So here it is, a PotatoPro Newsletter on 'McDonald's World Famous Fries' or MacFries as I will keep calling them in short. Yes, as far as I could figure out they were called MacFries, not McFries, even though Google gives more than twice as much hits on McFries than MacFries.
oktober 21, 2008

Aardappeloogst Nederland 2008 geschat op 3.62 miljoen ton

Op een paar “hoekjes” na zijn alle aardappelen in Nederland gerooid. Datzelfde geldt ook voor de ons omringende landen waar veel fritesaardappelen worden geteeld. De rooiperiode werd gekenmerkt door gunstige weersomstandigheden waardoor er weinig prob...
oktober 21, 2008

Diagnostico de la situacion actual de la cadena agroalimentaria de la papa en el Ecuador

El Año Internacional de la Papa (AIP) se convierte en una oportunidad para impulsar y consolidar una serie de acciones alternativas para el sector de la papa en Ecuador, a través del fortalecimiento organizacional de los productores;de mejorar su gesti...
oktober 21, 2008

Restaurants Bound to Suffer from Financial Crisis, Finds Technomic

In a recently-completed survey of consumers, Chicago-based foodservice consultants Technomic, Inc. found that the financial market meltdown is likely to cause a high number (74 percent) of consumers to visit both quick- and full-service restaurants les...
 Aviko
oktober 21, 2008

Verantwoorde frites van Aviko

Om in de toekomst de marktpositie te behouden, zullen bedrijven zich moeten bezighouden met Maatschappelijk Verantwoord Ondernemen. Steeds meer wordt duidelijk dat bedrijven een maatschappelijke rol hebben. Maar hoe ga je daarmee om? Is dat vanuit ide...
 "Western Diet"
oktober 21, 2008

“Western” diet increases heart attack risk globally

The typical Western diet — fried foods, salty snacks and meat — accounts for about 30 percent of heart attack risk across the world, according to a study of dietary patterns in 52 countries reported in Circulation: Journal of the American Heart Associ...
oktober 20, 2008

Innovation in food products essential to weather economic storm

Food makers confronted by today's challenging economic times must continue to invest hard in innovation to beat the downturn. This year's SIAL, which opened yesterday in Paris, is a showcase of new ideas that could help to boost margins and weather the...

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