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In the United Kingdom Kettle Foods ltd is launching KETTLE® Bites - a new healthier product aimed at female consumers looking for lighter, ‘better-for-you’ snacks.

Los científicos sostienen que la producción indiscriminada de cultivos (como la papa) están deteriorando las cuencas hídricas que nacen en los páramos. Sin embargo, si estos son conservados y protegidos para garantizar que el recurso siga llegando a las ciudades, ¿qué pasará con los pobladores para quienes el páramo más que un ecosistema es su hogar?

Local and Federal Government (Manitoba, Canada) have announced an investment of nearly $380,000 for the McCain Foods potato processing plant in Carberry to increase efficiency, reduce waste and support the sustainable growth of Manitoba’s potato industry. The governments’ investment represents half of the total equipment cost.

The Prince Edward Island Potato Board has a new executive as a result of its December 16th Board of Directors meeting.

Scientists believe that wild plant species related to domesticated crops, known as Crop Wild Relatives (CWR), might hold a key to counteract the devastating effects of climate change on the world’s food supply.

With reports again highlighting a concerning lack of knowledge amongst young adults and the origin of the food they eat, educating the next generation remains an important focus

The FAO Food Price Index averaged 156.7 points in November2015, down 2.6 points (1.6 percent) from its revised October average.

Resumen y enlace al texto completo del artículo escrito por J. W. Bentley y publicado (inglés) en el último número de la Revista Latinoamericana de la Papa.

Uno de los desafíos de los fitomejoradores de papas, es transferir la capacidad que tienen algunas especies de papas silvestres para aclimatarse a bajas temperaturas y soportar heladas inferiores a -3°C. El artículo narra algunos intentos por transferir este carácter a la papa cultivada vía mejoramiento genético.

For the first time, Potato Expo 2016, the largest conference and trade show for the potato industry in North America, will host a food truck chef competition highlighting the broad appeal of potatoes and mobile food trucks.

Stanley Trout joins the Idaho Potato Commission (IPC) foodservice marketing team as Promotions Director for the Southeast, based in Nashville, TN.

Precision agriculture is already the norm for many arable farms. New methods for collecting important cultivation data are currently being developed. Does this require future growers to become ICT experts?

Twenty potato growers from all over the Wisconsin converged on Madison last week for their annual “grill the professors” ritual.

The 'clean eating' trend has inspired a back to basics approach in product development and is an overarching theme in Innova Market Insights' Top Ten Trends list for 2016.

KETTLE® Chips (United Kingdom) is pleased to announce that it has introduced three seasonal flavours to its sharing range of delicious, hand cooked chips in time for the key Christmas sales period.

Continuing in its journey toward zero waste, and in recognition of last week’s America Recycles Day, ConAgra Foods announced its annual Zero Waste Champion award winners.

Continued advances in automation and robotics are making the global food manufacturing and processing industries safer, more efficient and able to deliver higher profits, according to TOMRA Sorting Food.

Conagra Foods announces plans to separate into two independent public companies, Conagra Brands ('Diverse portfolio of Leading Brands') and Lamb Weston ('Leading Foodservice Supplier of Frozen Potatoes')