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On Thanksgiving Day, many Mainers will gather with family and friends around a table piled with a steaming turkey, fresh vegetables and likely a heaping bowl of Maine mashed potatoes. This year, potato growers in the state will be able to give thanks, ...

The legendary Irving family is moving to break up its $6-billion business empire as it struggles to accommodate the demands of new generations, thus ending a 125-year-old Canadian dynasty. Sources familiar with the sprawling family conglomerate say t...

As CEO of Wendy's International, Kerrii Anderson's challenge has been to focus on running the business for the long term when the company might be sold in the near term. Under pressure from large, activist investors, the Dublin, Ohio-based fast food re...

Door het krimpende consumptieaardappelareaal moet de Nederlandse fritesindustrie hogere prijzen gaan betalen voor haar grondstoffen. Dat zegt Jan van Hoogen, commercieel directeur van aardappelhandelshuis Agrico. "Dit jaar kunnen de contractprij...

Irving-owned Cavendish Farms has abandoned its efforts to trademark the name Freedom Fries, according to documents obtained by CBC News. Irving's trademark efforts date back to 2003, when the war in Iraq began. Six others applied to trademark Freedom ...

Solanum tuberosum – the potato - will have its year in 2008. The UN is trying to wean developing countries off rice and persuade them to adopt the potato as a staple food. Potatoes beat rice on most measures. They need less water and less space to prod...

Afgevaardigden van de van de brancheorganisatie Swisspatat hebben vrijdag in Bern de officiële aftrap voor het jaar van de Aardappel 2008 gegeven.   Swisspatat wil het hele jaar veel aandacht geven aan de aardappel zoals op de conferentie Europatat i...

The U.S. border has been closed to seed potatoes from Alberta after the plant pest golden nematode was found on two seed potato fields. USDA and CFIA were in talks as of Tuesday to determine when the border would open again. "We'd like it opened...

Concerns about bacteria-infested potatoes from Quebec have prompted lurid fears in Algeria and forced a cargo vessel to leave port without unloading its shipment. The exporter is desperately trying to find another country willing to accept the shipmen...

La cadena norteamericana de comidas rápidas McDonald's anunció hoy el lanzamiento de una nueva línea de cafetería, que promete ofrecer fuerte competencia a la macro-cadena Starbucks. "Queremos avanzar desde un lugar donde se ofrecía cafetería co...

Potato growers in North Carolina will have improved access to Canadian markets next year, thanks to a bilateral trade agreement signed recently by the United States and Canada. Growers will have a limited amount of guaranteed access to Canadian market...

Albert Wada is one of America’s potato kings. Farming 12,000 acres of land in Idaho, the state that produces a third of America’s spuds, Mr Wada is one of the biggest potato farmers in the United States. He bought the business in 1972 from his father,...