The Alliance for Food and Farming (AFF), a non-profit organization comprised of both organic and conventional farmers in the US, says health experts and scientists overwhelmingly agree that fresh produce, grown either […]
Side Delights potato dishes are driving traffic to retail stores, according to Fresh Solutions Network LLC, supplier to the brand. Side Delights cites Nielsen research about consumers who increasingly seek value-added convenience items, and a 2018 […]
With alternative sprout control options limited or unviable in the short term, the loss of CIPC will require growers to consider a more integrated approach to long-term potato storage. It is estimated […]
The French parliament has strongly opposed the European Commission’s plan to increase the maximum residue limits of several neonicotinoids including clothianidin, an insecticide that kills bees, and haloxyfop-R, a herbicide that is […]
The European Commission’s decision to vote against renewing the approval of fungicide chlorothalonil will ‘rob’ farmers of a ‘vital’ plant protection product. Chlorothalonil – the active ingredient in Bravo – will not be […]
Arguing that agrochemical company Monsanto has spent decades deceiving consumers about the dangers of its popular Roundup weed killer, attorneys for a California man living with cancer asked a federal jury Tuesday […]
As the link between diet and health becomes increasingly characterized, the nutritional value of foods is being increasingly prioritized by the public, write scientists Duroy A. Navarre, Charles R. Brown and Vidyasagar […]
The EU has voted to ban the fungicide chlorothalonil, robbing growers of another vital plant protection product and leaving crops open to high levels of disease. CPM reports. The European Standing Committee on Plants, […]
In a research paper published in the American Journal of Potato Research, scientists Lavanya Reddivari, Tianmin Wang, Binning Wu and Shiyu Li say that some foods promote inflammation and some reduce it. […]
Good news for chip lovers: You can have way more than the six French fries one expert suggests… Last year, Harvard University nutrition professor Eric Rimm told the New York Times he’d like to […]
Interested in getting more money out of your potatoes in the food sector? It’s possible! Jan-Willem Grievink, CEO of FoodService Institute Netherlands shares four insights. Insights based on international research that this […]
While you may have thought you’d seen the last of the humble potato in all its starchy glory, it looks like the delicious carb is back in vogue. It’s increasingly being touted […]
With the ever increasing popularity of the Keto diet over the last few years, you’d have thought that the last wellness trend we’d see surfacing in 2019 would be one focused on a […]
Crowd-sourced nutrition fads, low-carb diets, the “snackification” of America and global competition are some of the challenges facing the U.S. potato industry. However, consumers’ strong preference for potatoes over other vegetables, the […]
The potato is the workhorse of the produce department, but it does NOT receive the attention it should from retailers. Potatoes are a staple in 88 percent of all households in Japan, […]
Scientists are trying to revolutionize potatoes and….cure the tubers’ depression, the result of generations of inbreeding. Potatoes reproduce through cloning, so their genome is laden with mutations. Those mutations could result in […]
Kenya has developed a strategy to streamline the potato value chains in order to boost food security and revenues for small-holder farmers, officials said on Thursday. Lusike Wasilwa, director of crop systems […]
