Food Safety
Okray Family Farms receives NPC Environmental Stewardship award
Mark Finnessy and his father, Mike Finnessy, of Okray Family Farms, from Plover, Wisconsin, were awarded National Potato Council's 2015 Environmental ... more »
Support for Voluntary Labeling
As the First Session of the 114th Congress draws to an end, potato growers from Colorado, Idaho, Michigan, Washington and Wisconsin went the distance ... more »
Let the marketplace decide
The historic success of farmers in the United States in providing consumers with safe, abundant and affordable food results from the interaction of ha... more »
National Potato Council: A Call for Consistency
Since the Food and Drug Administration's (FDA) Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA) was signed into law in January 2011, the ag world has been bracing... more »
Taking Stock — Information for Any Season
The potatoes have been planted, and in some circumstances the potatoes have been planted again following an overabundance of rainfall. Now you let Mo... more »
When Food is Peace
I think the farmers can bring more credit, more lasting good will, more chance for freedom, more chance for peace, than almost any other group of Ame... more »
In For the Long Run
Any farm that grows both potatoes and tulips can rightly be defined as diversified." Iverson Family Farms fits that description by growing bulbs and ... more »
FSMA progress stalls
Food safety has been a constant concern throughout the produce and retail industry. In the past, however, there were no metrics with which to monitor... more »
Taking stock: A community of potato growers
Another planting season has come and gone here in the Pacific Northwest. It's been warm and dry for most of the spring. Now we could use some rain.Dow... more »
The traceability alphabet: Seeking to create an ‘integrated whole’
The Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA) has the undivided attention of the food industry right now.The legislation was signed into law by President O... more »
