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Un estudio realizado por investigadores de la Universidad Estatal de Pennsylvania y la Universidad de Colorado, reveló que compuestos presentes en las papas moradas ayudarían a matar las células madre del cáncer de colon.

La compañía holandesa Caenator puso en marcha, en colaboración con StartLife y la Universidad de Wageningen y Centro de Investigación, una nueva generación de máquinas automáticas expendedoras de papas (o patatas).

The Doritos brand, in partnership with the It Gets Better Project, announced a new, limited-edition product to celebrate and support the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) community in the boldest, most colorful way possible.

This year, potato yields should be slightly above average in the Canadian prairie provinces Manitoba and Alberta, but figures aren’t available because the harvest is only 10 to 15 percent complete.

In Mexico, Filiberto Cadena Payan, representative in Sinaloa of the Potato Product System, said that it was important for the state's producers to reduce their crop area to the 11,000 hectares allocated to this crop this year in order to continue obtaining the best possible results in the marketing of the potato crop.

USDA’s Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) is changing the name of the Fruit and Vegetable Program to the Specialty Crops Program effective immediately. Because of the expansion of products covered, the program name is being changed to be more inclusive.

Live Better Brands will present new better-for-you products in a range of innovative fall flavorsat the Natural Products Expo East trade show

Packaging and processing solutions provider, tna, is pleased to announce the appointment of John van Duin as its new group solutions manager – processing for Asia Pacific.

Boulder Canyon™ Foods introduces a revolutionary new food concept with the launch of its first functional food snack chip, called Protein Crisps.

Alsum Farms & Produce Inc. will introduce 12 oz. Microwave-Ready Russet Potatoes at the Southeast Produce Council's (SEPC) Southern Innovations Symposium Bright Ideas Platform September 17 - 19, 2015.

Leatherhead Food International Limited was acquired by Science Group and will move to a new facility early 2016.

Fifty percent of the trucks used for the transport of potatoes to Avebe now meet the Euro 6 emission standards.