Energy and Environment

In this USDA research on soybean crops, researchers find a link between minimum winter temperature and pesticide use.

Among US families, avoiding GMO's is increasingly becoming one of the drivers to buy organic foods.

President Obama signed into law revisions to Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) rules that ease compliance for farms across Maine.

Two of the most powerful voices in P.E.I.s billion dollar potato industry appeared before the Legislature's agriculture committee Thursday in Charlottetown.

El director del Instituto Nacional de Innovación Agraria (INIA) de Ayacucho informó que se continuará trabajando en el estudio de los genes de la papa silvestre que son resistentes a las heladas para generar variedades mejoradas que resistan a los embates climatológicos.

El agrónomo peruano de 71 años, conocido en el Centro Internacional de la Papa en Lima como 'el padrino de la papa', lleva más de medio siglo consagrado al estudio del cultivo que, asegura, ayudará a la humanidad a sobrevivir el cambio climático.

With more people buying local and organic food, consumers should know the difference between the two so they recognize what they’re buying, but nearly one in five still confuse the terms, a University of Florida researcher says.

The potato and vegetable growers in Wisconsin's Central Sands are not content to debate causes, and they have united to proactively seek solutions to Tackle Water Issues in Central Wisconsin.

Libro publicado a mediados de 2013 por la Universidad Mayor de San Andrés (La Paz) que contiene dos capítulos dedicados a la papa.

Heat and Control’s latest BF-360 Batch Fryer combines an enclosed cooking area with automatic control of temperature, slice agitation, batch loading, and unloading to produce consistent hard-bite kettle-style potato chips.

The Australian vegetable and potato industries are calling for consumers to be given certainty about the food they are eating once-and-for-all, through refined Country of Origin Labelling (CoOL) laws, according to AUSVEG.

Potato Farmers are used to optimizing crop production on their own lands. But is it possible to optimize production across a much bigger area—say, the whole East Coast of the United States?

Wisconsin potato growers have achieved national recognition not only through their ability to produce more potatoes on fewer acres but also for the sustainability of the practices they use

Vermont will likely be the first state in the United States to require food manufacturers to label products containing genetically modified organisms.

Simplot's Safety Days initiative was recently recognized by McDonald’s Corporation as demonstrating best practices in the “Community Impact” section of the company’s Sustainable Supply awards.

Según una reciente investigación de las Universidades de Kansas y California-Davis, el Centro Internacional de la Papa y el Instituto Internacional de Investigación del Arroz.

It’s been an interesting week for organics. Both Wal-Mart and Target took aim at Whole Foods with further expansion into the organic food market.

Target Corp. is now introducing “Made to Matter – Handpicked by Target.” The first-of-its-kind collection brings together 17 leading natural, organic and sustainable brands to introduce new products and make them more accessible.