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Peak of the Market Ltd. contributes CAD 100,000 toward um research chair in potato sustainability.

July 26, 2022

Peak of the Market Ltd. contributes CAD 100,000 toward University of Manitoba research chair in potato sustainability

Peak of the Market Ltd. is proud to announce a $100,000 contribution towards creating a Research Chair in Potato Sustainability at the University of Manitoba.

Soiltech Wireless Completes USD 2.5M Funding Round to Increase Product Velocity and Advance Stability

July 23, 2022

Soiltech Wireless - provider of an affordable soil moisture sensor - completes USD 2.5M Funding Round

Soiltech Wireless, a leader in remote crop monitoring and traceability from farm to transport and storage, has completed its seed funding round of USD 2.5 million. Homegrown Capital was the leader in this round along with Great North Ventures

July 21, 2022

PepsiCo issues new USD 1.25 billion 10-year green bonds as the company accelerates pep+ transformation

The Company will use an amount equivalent to the net proceeds from the offering to fund Eligible Green Projects which will focus on its pep+ (PepsiCo Positive) agenda – the Company's strategic, end-to-end transformation

July 17, 2022

Pronóstico agroclimático para el cultivo de papas en Perú en el periodo julio-septiembre 2022

El Servicio Nacional de Meteorología e Hidrología (Senamhi) presentó el riesgo agroclimático para el cultivo de papa para el período julio-setiembre 2022. La situación cambiaria en agosto.

July 15, 2022

McCain Foods building Aroostook Solar Projects to power Major Potato Processing Plant

Potato processor McCain Foods is building five solar facilities in Maine, that it says will help power the production of french fries in Easton, one of its largest plants.

It's What's on the Inside that Counts: Frito-Lay Summer Trend Index Unveils Shifting Priorities and Eating Habits

June 30, 2022

Frito-Lay Snack Index shows that consumers care about ethics and sustainability

The latest U.S. Trend Index from snack leader Frito-Lay polled consumers on their snacking preferences and priorities and found that the 90 percent of consumers who snack daily care – and care deeply – about the companies.

June 20, 2022

Yara y El Parque Papas firmaron el primer convenio sobre fertilizantes verdes en Argentina

La compañía noruega y la papera sellaron el primer acuerdo de este tipo en el país y el segundo del mundo. Se trata de un hito en el camino de la producción sostenible.

May 16, 2022

Sweet Potato sibling from Uglies Kettle Chip

Uglies Kettle Chips, the brand that brings you naturally imperfect, honestly delicious plant-based snacks, now introduces new upcycled sweet potato chips: Uglies Sweets.

April 27, 2022

Perú: Nuevas variedades de papa beneficiarán a los agricultores, consumidores y al medio ambiente

Perú es el primer productor de papa de América Latina, con una producción de más de 5 millones de toneladas al año. Sin embargo, el país importó cerca de 10 millones de kilos de papas pre fritas solo en los primeros cuatro meses del 2020.

April 27, 2022

Yara establishes Potato Incubator Farm in Washington to study Crop Nutrition synergy and Carbon Footprint Reduction

Yara has recently established a new Incubator Farm, aimed at exploring how a complete potato crop nutrition program that drives productivity and grower profitability can simultaneously lead to a reduced carbon footprint.

March 30, 2022

PepsiCo and Schneider Electric Accelerate Adoption of Renewable Electricity Among Value Chain Partners

Together with Schneider Electric, the leading global consultant on corporate renewable purchasing, PepsiCo announces pep+ REnew – one of the first collaborations of its kind, and first in the food and beverage industry

N-Drip’s gravity-powered micro-irrigation system applied for potato cultivation (Courtesy: N-Drip)

March 20, 2022

PepsiCo and N-Drip partner to provide water-saving, crop-enhancing benefits to farmers around the world

Around the world, a countless number of farmers make use of flood or trench, irrigation to bring water to their crops, which floods the field at regular intervals, losing up to 70 percent of the water used.

February 17, 2022

Research finds more consumers weighing sustainability claims on packaged food choices

Sustainability considerations now influence the majority of the world’s grocery shoppers when buying packaged foods such as potato chips and cookies, according to Cargill’s most recent global FATitudes™ survey.

February 02, 2022

En busca de un control de heladas para el cultivo de papas en Magallanes, Chile

Estudios preliminares confirman que la aplicación de tecnologías para el control de heladas en el cultivo de papas, que eviten el congelamiento de los tejidos protegiendo
el follaje de la planta, podrían disminuir las pérdidas de rendimiento.

PepsiCo Awards USD 1.2 Million Grant to the Guadalupe-Blanco River Authority to Replace Infrastructure and Eliminate Loss of Water Supply in the Guadalupe River and San Antonio River Basins

February 01, 2022

PepsiCo invests in Guadalupe-Blanco River Authority Infrastructure to Eliminate Loss of Water Supply

PepsiCo Beverages North America (PBNA) and Frito-Lay North America (FLNA) announced the awarding of a USD 1.2 million grant to the Guadalupe-Blanco River Authority (GBRA)

January 19, 2022

INIA implementará uso de drones y cámaras termales para ayudar a generar nuevas variedades de papa de alto rendimiento y mejor adaptadas al cambio climático

Los trabajos, que aportarán al Programa de Mejoramiento Genético de Papa del INIA, serán desarrollados por la investigadora de INIA Remehue, Ana María Méndez.

Packaging: Bio-based? Recyclable? Biodegradable? Compostable? What makes sense?

January 09, 2022

Selecting packaging, what makes sense: Bio-based? Recyclable? Biodegradable? Compostable?

Flexible packaging sustainability is a hot agenda topic and with rapidly advancing technology the options are starting to grow. That said, there is still a sustainability collision point of want vs. reality for brand owners and consumers.

Nova Scotia Couple Heeds the Call cf The Family Farm, Sets Down New Brunswick Roots.

November 05, 2021

Nova Scotia Couple Heeds the Call of The Family Farm, Sets Down New Brunswick Roots

The Covid-19 pandemic moment was a 'now or never' moment for Jonathan Kummer and Emily Ryan. The couple was living well and working in Halifax with an organizational design firm called Symplicity Design – until Covid-19 happened.

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