Potato News from Canada

The Potato Gene Repository at the Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Potato Research Centre in Fredericton is about to enter a new era with a $500,000 lab expansion.   What is a potato gene repository?   Think of it as a bank where more than 150 variet...

Chip Trips Frito-Lay Canada has launched a multimillion-dollar national campaign designed to bind its Lays brand closer to Canada by helping consumers explore the country from coast to coast.The new "Chip Trips"program offers discounts with ...

Irish potato, one of the world's major food crops, is increasingly grown and processed for use in various products;consider the popularity of consumer favorites like French fries and potato chips. In the closely scrutinized food production industry, pr...

Prince Edward Island potato farmers have rejected a contract offered by McCain Foods, arguing the proposal was less than one accepted last week from a rival company.The farmers voted Tuesday night against what they called a disappointing price offered ...

Cavendish Farms process growers voted to accept the company’s 2010 contract offer with overwhelming support despite an agreed upon cut in the base price at the end of the season.About 100 growers cast ballots in the recent secret vote and the offer — c...

McCain Foods (Canada) and Food Banks Canada today announced a multi-year partnership that will assist the almost 800,000 Canadians who rely on local food banks every month. McCain will donate a minimum of $1 million in cash and food over the next thre...

The Covered bridge Potato Chip company in New Brunswick is receiving a $100,000 loan guarantee from the provincial government today.   The manufacturer of kettle chips, located in the St. John River Valley, will use the financial backing to secure 17 ...

New Brunswick potato growers are playing the waiting game as negotiations for their 2010 contracts continue with McCain Foods Ltd. In mid March, growers learned the Florenceville-based company will cut the amount of potatoes it buys from them for proc...

Today McCain Foods Limited announced the appointment of Dirk Van de Put as Chief Operating Officer, effective May 17th, 2010. In this new role, created as a result of the company’s succession planning efforts, Van de Put will have direct accountability...

With new crushing capacity, millions of dollars for export market outreach, new research funding and facilities, and more, Canada's canola industry is poised for a decade of significant growth, said JoAnne Buth, president of the Canola Council of Canad...

When Tyler Schramm first laid eyes on the newly-planted potato fields in British Columbia's Pemberton Valley, he had no idea those same spuds would bring him worldwide acclaim. "We were staring at the potatoes and discussing ideas of what we c...

Florenceville-based McCain Foods Ltd. is cutting its potato sourcing in New Brunswick by 20 to 30 per cent to respond to lower demand for french fries and other market issues.Weaker U.S. fry consumption, a high loonie, competition from low-priced Euro...

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A delicate global balance in potato trading, and the changes tastes of fry-shy boomers, are hammering the Maritimes potato patch, industry experts say. “U.S. people are eating out less these days,” McCain’s Canada spokesperson Calla Farn told the Sta...

Joe Brennan and his fellow potato growers in New Brunswick are bracing for the fallout from the French fry meltdown.Mr. Brennan, who is also the chairman of Potatoes New Brunswick, the province's potato marketing board, says he will have no choice this...

The number of products recalled as a result of the Salmonella contaminated HVP continues to expand. Lay's Smokey Bacon flavour Potato Chips is the latest potato product with certain batches affected:The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) is warning...

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Local, sustainable and organic food choices top the list of what’s hot in Canada’s restaurant kitchens.  The trends are revealed in a new survey of professional chefs conducted for the Canadian Restaurant and Foodservices Association (CRFA) by independ...