Potato News

SaltWorks, Inc. (http://www.seasalt.com) doesn't do anything halfway, and it has a brand new, 100,000 sq. ft, state-of-the-art gourmet salt factory to prove it. With more than $3 million in upgrades, the new SaltWorks headquarters coincides with the co...

There’s been a lot of noise in the press recently about a large Canadian company claiming it’s going to ‘revolutionise’ the way we eat jacket potatoes by baking and freezing them - but, here’s a thought - a small British company, Bannisters’ Farm, has...

Estimados amigos de la papa: Se acerca el próximo Congreso de ALAP en Uberlandia, Brasil (17 al 20 de septiembre próximos) y deseamos contribuir con información actualizada sobre variedades de papa en America Latina. Por tal razón, le solicitamos se t...

XXV Congreso de la Asociación Latinoamericana de la Papa (ALAP), Uberlândia, Brasil, 17-20 de sept. de 2012 La Asociación Latinoamericana de la Papa (ALAP) y el XIII Encontro Nacional de Produção e Abastecimiento de Batata 2012 (ENB) abordan como te...

Una dieta balanceada favorece la salud y previene enfermedades. Sin embargo, la dieta humana debería mejorar si queremos promover la calidad de vida, y existen varias maneras para conseguirlo. Una forma es tratar de cambiar los componentes de la dieta,...

Haciendo realidad el compromiso que el gobernador Marcos Díaz Orellana asumió con los productores de papa del páramo que el año pasado perdieron sus cosechas.

For the first time, leading potato supplier Greenvale AP is making a limited amount of its seed potato variety, the Vales Sovereign, available on the open market to Scottish potato farmers. 

American food company Kraft Foods, which is planning to split into two independent companies this year, announced that it would eliminate approximately 1,600 positions throughout the US and Canada over the next 12 months. About 40% of the job cuts wil...

Food fibres are considered as beneficial for our immune system. However ‘considered’ is not good enough;the European guard dog EFSA needs sound scientific evidence based on effects on healthy human people before health claims for these compounds are ap...

Mozambique’s Agricultural Development Fund (FDA) plans to make efforts to store seed potatoes as the government has set a target to stop importing the product by 2013, the Fund’s chairman said.

The nutritional value of potatoes will take center stage during the upcoming Washington-Oregon Potato Conference.

India’s leading potato chips brand, Lay’s from PepsiCo, has joined hands with renowned designer duo Shantanu-Nikhil to launch a new range of baked chips - 'Lay’s Baked', through an exclusive fashion show in Delhi.