On World Environment Day (June 5), potato breeding company HZPC highlighted the benefits of breeding on yield, carbon footprint and water use.
June 06, 2016
Lamb Weston / Meijer receives award for use of Sustainable Palm Oil
Lamb Weston / Meijer is receiving the Task Force sustainable palm oil award for its complete switch to 100% physically segregated sustainable palm oil in accordance with the Task Force commitment and the agreements made within the Dutch sector association (VAVI).
June 02, 2016
Bühler strives for 20% higher energy efficiency by 2020
Energy efficiency is a top R&D priority for equipment manufacturer Bühler. Driven by recent successes in this field, Bühler has set its target to reduce the energy requirement in its core processes by another 20% by 2020.
May 11, 2016
Equipment Manufacturer Kiremko installs Potato Processing Line in Belgium
Dutch Potato Processing Equipment manufacturer Kiremko installs an innovative production line in Belgium with a capacity of 16-20 ton/hr of French fries
May 05, 2016
Time to sort out Food Waste, says TOMRA
Almost a third of all food produced worldwide is never eaten, leading to 1.3 billion tons of food waste each year. This includes around 45 per cent of all fruit and vegetables and 20 per cent of meat.
March 10, 2016
Avebe opens energy-saving Protastar Potato Protein Factory Extension in Gasselternijveen
Member of the Provincial Executive Tjisse Stelpstra opened Tuesday Avebe's new ‘Inline Protastar’ factory in Gasselternijveen.
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February 09, 2016
A First: French law forbids food waste by supermarkets
France has become the first country in the world to ban supermarkets from throwing away or destroying unsold food, forcing them instead to donate it to charities and food banks.
February 07, 2016
Bill Gates: GMOs Will End Starvation in Africa
Bill Gates, who is a major backer of food biotechnology, has spoken passionately how food biotechnology can help the people of Africa fight the numerous challenges they face.
February 04, 2016
No time to waste, says TOMRA Sorting Foods
In September 2015, the United Nations (UN) met to agree to reduce per capita food waste by half by 2030. TOMRA Sorting Food explains how their activities impact food waste
January 29, 2016
EUROPLANT at Fruit Logistica 2016: Focus on diversity and high quality standards
EUROPLANT Pflanzenzucht GmbH,presents its wide variety of seed potatoes - including the Venezia, Madeira and Georgina varieties - at Fruit Logistica 2016
January 11, 2016
New Agristo cold-store nears completion
In December Potato Processor Agristo completed a new phase in the construction of the new deepfreeze warehouse in Nazareth, the installation of the automated stacker cranes. Completion of the cold-store is planned for late March 2016
October 23, 2015
Potato waste from farm to fork quantified in Swiss study
On the way from field to fork, more than half of the potato harvest is lost. This is according to a new study conducted by researchers from Agroscope and ETH Zürich.
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Joint farm-to-fork initiative against food waste in foodservice sector
With a value chain wide approach, McCain, PepsiCo, SCA, Sodexo, Ardo, Unilever Food Solutions and WWF have joined forces to fight against food waste in the food services sector starting in Europe.
September 16, 2015
Avebe Starch Potatoes get a cleaner ride
Fifty percent of the trucks used for the transport of potatoes to Avebe now meet the Euro 6 emission standards.
September 10, 2015
Resistance genes of wild potato relatives offer help in combat against Phytophthora
Research shows that crops with stacks of two or more resistance genes from closely related species, introduced into the crop via for instance genetic engineering, combined with the simultaneous introduction of resistance management, can ensure the long-term resistance of these plants to economically significant and aggressive diseases.
September 03, 2015
Is Artificial Intelligence the Future of TOMRA’s Resource Revolution?
Food sorting machines with the ability to think like humans could solve the greatest challenges facing the industry today, says TOMRA Sorting Food.
June 10, 2015
The Quest to Engineer the Perfect Potato
Researchers in the United Kingdom aim for a new commercial potato that resists many of the worst vulnerabilities of potato crops around the world.
May 27, 2015
New Life Cycle Assessment study on Starch Products published
Starch Europe published today the summary report of an updated Life Cycle Assessment study of the European Starch industry