Potato News

The question of the moment for restaurant operators: Are the winds of healthy change truly blowing, or is it only so much hot air?

Canadian Horticultural Council (CHC) Potato Committee Chair Keith Kuhl announced recently that Mark Drouin has been named Vice President, Potatoes effective October 19, 2010.

Potato prices crashed by about Rs 100/quintal following release of stocks held by the West Bengal Government in the market.

The Kenya Agricultural Research Institute (Kari) is testing new potato varieties ahead of a planned release next April for mid- and high-altitude regions.

Having hired out Struik potato ridgers for the last five years, Sleaford, Lincolnshire, hire company Andrew Deptford has taken over the import of the Dutch company's full range of potato equipment for the UK and Ireland.

Fenland farmer Richard Lee will parade a giant potato harvester through the heart of London next weekend.

With the mid-term elections behind us, there's still one more critical issue left for Americans to vote on: the future of the French fry.

Ten emerging food trends that will impact new product activity in 2011 have been identified by Innova Market Insights

The HZPC trading company in Joure, the Netherlands, has held a seminar for an international gathering of representatives from European supermarket chains and retail packers of fresh potatoes with the title “The International Fresh Potato (R)evolution”.

ConAgra Foods CEO Gary Rodkin joined Lamb Weston President Jeff DeLapp, Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal and others today to commemorate the grand opening of ConAgra Foods Lamb Weston’s new state-of-the art, environmentally friendly sweet potato processing plant in Delhi, Louisiana.

Agrico heeft een dochterbedrijf opgericht in Roemenië. Het bedrijf verpakt tafelaardappelen voor levering aan supermarkten.

Hoewel de Fransen in vergelijking met andere Europese landen pas laat de aardappel omarmden, is de Franse aardappelmarkt momenteel toonaangevend.