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The head of the Washington State Potato Commission ended a self-imposed diet of potatoes-only that he said allowed him to shed more than 20 pounds in two months.

The Potato Man proudly lined up a bunch of them on a counter in his family's kitchen: a really nice assortment of russets that, in the next days, would end up in his belly.

In their series of interviews with key people in the US potato industry, Spudman interviewed Frank Muir.

On independent restaurant menus, potatoes of all kinds account for 44% of all carbs, according to MenuMine.

Potato growers across the United States appear to have finished digging the 2010 crop, but a few potatoes remain in the ground on Canada's Prince Edward Island.

For the seventh year running, Progressive Grocer magazine, a nationally acclaimed grocery and supermarket trade publication, has recognized the United States Potato Board’s (USPB’s) Retail Marketing Program

Got a favorite food? Something you love so much, it's almost like a belief? Chances are your fanaticism still won't hold a candle to that of Chris Voigt.

The Idaho Potato Commission (IPC) launched the newest installment of its award-winning, “Comic Book” advertising campaign featuring a brand new cast of characters, The Idaho® Potato Field Force.

Technical Help in Engineering and Marketing (T.H.E.M.) and Zip-Pak will showcase the Zipbox™ at PACK EXPO International 2010

With 80 percent to 85 percent of the estimated 55,000 acres of Aroostook County potatoes out of the ground, officials with the Maine Potato Board said Thursday that growers are seeing average yields of high-quality potatoes this year.

La investigación que acaba de publicar la Universidad de California, Davis y el Centro Nacional de Inocuidad de los Alimentos y Tecnología, organismo perteneciente al Instituto de Tecnología de Illinois, demuestra que las personas pueden incluir la pap...

Research just released by the University of California, Davis and the National Center for Food Safety and Technology, Illinois Institute of Technology demonstrates that people can include potatoes in their diet and still lose weight.

The United Potato Growers of America says it is confident the group will prevail in an expanding legal battle in which the co-operative and others are accused of engaging in “classic cartel behavior” to control potato supplies and fix prices at artificially high levels.

Probably no factor is more important in determining a fresh grower’s financial return than total area planted to potatoes.

The Northern Plains Potato growers Association (NPPGA) is running a new advertising campaign designed to get buyers to associate red potatoes with the Red River Valley.

October 1 marked the launch of Chris Voigt’s 20 Potatoes a Day Diet, but it was already making news all over the country—and on Facebook. “It certainly has people intrigued,” says Voigt, who has heard from doctors and dietitians as well as fans.

At the annual Idaho Grower Shippers Association’s Industry Breakfast held in Sun Valley, ID, Commissioner R.J. Andrus was appointed Chairman of the Idaho Potato Commission (IPC) and Commissioner Jim Tiede was appointed Vice Chairman. Both Andrus and Ti...