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八月 25, 2013

National Potato Commission hosts Oregon farm tour for US EPA regulators

During the week of Aug. 23, the National Potato Council (NPC) led a delegation of five U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) employees in a crop tour of the Columbia Basin growing area in Oregon.

八月 07, 2013

Soltens appointed to remove and recycle by-products from McCain Scarborough

Potato processor McCain has contracted Soltens to remove and recycle by-products from its Scarborough french fry factory.

八月 07, 2013

Survey Shows Canadians' Support for Their Local Farmers

BMO released the results of a survey which found that supporting regional economies, farmers and jobs, along with fresh food and taste, all trump the cost of food for people choosing to buy local.

八月 06, 2013

Greenvale does its FareShare to fight food waste

Greenvale, the UK’s leading potato supplier, is putting spare spuds from its Shropshire site, Tern Hill and Cambridgeshire site, Floods Ferry, to good use by using them to tackle food waste by working with food distribution charity, FareShare.

八月 02, 2013

Tom's of Maine Experimenting with Potato Starch based Packaging

Tom’s of Maine, a leading natural products company focused on oral and personal care, is looking to reduce end-of-life waste from its products even more by experimenting with biodegradable packaging made from potato starch.

七月 24, 2013

The hard question: Pesticides or GMO's

De Jong, a potato breeder and geneticist at Cornell University in Ithaca, New York, hopes that at least one of the plants will yield a best seller, but it’s far more likely that they’ll amount to compost.

Con desechos de la papa desarrollarán envases biodegradables para la industria avícola

七月 04, 2013

Con desechos de la papa desarrollarán en Chile envases biodegradables para la industria avícola

Innovador proyecto, cofinanciado por la Fundación para la Innovación Agraria (FIA), beneficiará directamente a los productores en términos de costos, logística e imagen, al emplear un sistema más sustentable ambientalmente.

六月 30, 2013

Himachal to ban polyethylene packaging for potato chips, candies

One of India's states, Himachal Pradesh will impose a ban on using polythene for packaging non-essential eatables, especially potato chips and candies, from July 1, officials said on Sunday.

六月 26, 2013

Europatat participates in joint initiative to tackle food waste: ‘Every Crumb Counts’

Representatives from across Europe?s food supply chain have today announced the launch of a joint effort to tackle the major societal problem of food wastage via the publication of their Joint Declaration entitled, “Every Crumb Counts”.

六月 11, 2013

Teagasc GM potato study to begin second phase

Irish Research Institute Teagasc hopes to begin planting out more than 5,000 potato plants in the next two weeks, in the second phase of its study into the environmental impact of blight-resistant genetically modified (GM) potatoes.

Semagn-Asredie Kolech with Ethiopian farmers

五月 21, 2013

Potato may help feed Ethiopia in era of climate change

Semagn-Asredie Kolech, a Cornell doctoral candidate in the field of horticulture, studies the potato and bridges the tradition of Ethiopian farming with the modernity of agricultural science.

五月 21, 2013

Simplot hopes to avoid Monsanto's mistakes with biotech potato

A dozen years after a customer revolt forced Monsanto to ditch its genetically engineered potato, an Idaho company aims to resurrect high-tech spuds.

五月 21, 2013

Simplot's Moses Lake potato processing plant received Environmental Excellence award

Several green initiatives in place at J.R. Simplot's Moses Lake facility were highlighted during a recent Association of Washington Business meeting.

五月 08, 2013

Greenvale gets green light after installation of solar PV panels

Greenvale, the UK’s leading supplier of fresh potatoes, has installed 210 solar photovoltaics (PV) panels at its site in Floods Ferry, Cambridgeshire.

四月 25, 2013

Potato Protein helpful against diarrhea in young pigs?

Scientists from Aarhus University have tested whether extract of potato protein could be used to prevent scours (diarrhea) in young pigs – but the results produced by a foreign research group turned out to be non-reproducible.

四月 24, 2013

US area facing drought falls below 50 percent for first time in 10 months

Earlier in April, the area in the United States in moderate drought or worse fell below 50 percent for the first time since June 19, 2012, according to the U.S. Drought Monitor.

四月 21, 2013

UK Potato Packer Branston installs solar panels

Branston, one of the UK’s largest packers and suppliers of potatoes, has put 941 solar photovoltaic panels on the south-facing roof of its factory in Ilminster.

三月 26, 2013

Spring Conditions on the Northern Plains in Sharp Contrast to One Year Ago

Colder than average temperatures and decent snowfall totals during March have producers in the eastern part of North Dakota concerned with the potential of spring flooding, according to the USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service, North Dakota F...