Research

General Colin L. Powell (Ret.) will share insights into global events, and the impact those changes and issues will have in the United States and abroad, at the National Restaurant Association’s annual trade show next month.

Prince Edward Island potato farmers who grow for Cavendish Farms voted Tuesday night in favour of a new deal with the company. Greg Donald, general manager of the P.E.I. Potato Board, wouldn't provide any details of the contract because negotiations ar...

Research to be presented this week at The Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology (FASEB) Conference in Washington, D.C., demonstrates that consumption of white potatoes (non-fried) by children does not displace other vegetables from children's meals.

Packaged Facts projects sales of frozen convenience foods will grow at a rate of 2.8 percent annually over the next several years--to top $18.6 billion by 2015.

Every year in January, the United States Potato Board (USPB) commissions a national online survey of 1,000+ US female primary food shoppers to track current potato attitudes and use in US households, and especially among our media target market.

New York's City Council announced its proposal to outlaw toys and other incentives from meals that don't meet extensive nutrition requirements

There is still no word on why Henk Tepper of New Brunswick is in custody in Lebanon.

Given that world potato production is about 320 million tons per year (20 million tons per year in the United States) and world tomato production is about 120 million tons per year (13 million tons per year in the U.S.), late blight is a major problem worldwide even today.

Phil Nolte, University of Idaho Extension professor and seed potato specialist, knows that potato growers face a lot of tough decisions when it comes time to plant

More than 1100 snack food executives and suppliers from 38 countries are on hand at SNAXPO 2011 in Orlando, where they are gaining insight and knowledge at educational sessions as well as from trade show exhibitors and their counterparts from across t...

The Washington Potato Commission approved about 742-thousand dollars in research projects for the upcoming growing season at its quarterly meeting this month.

Tim O'Connor, United States Potato Board president and CEO, discusses the good news about consumer attitudes and potato consumption at the USPB's annual meeting.

Functional Technologies Corp. (TSX-V: FEB) is pleased to announce that its subsidiary, Phyterra Yeast Inc., has been awarded $2.5 million from the Government of Canada's Atlantic Innovation Fund

The US National Potato Council (NPC) has launched a new website to help defend the Potato in School Lunch.

Funcional Technologies Corp. (TSX-V: FEB) se complace en anunciar que su filial, Phyterra Yeast Inc. ha sido beneficiada con 2,5 millones de dólares del Fondo de Inversión del Canada (AIF). El proyecto desarrollará y comercializará una tecnología par...