Category: Sustainability

Potato Sustainability Alliance launching survey and Sustainable Outcomes in Agriculture standards

Free webinar available on how to manage weight loss in storage

Three informative potato-focused webinars are now available to be watched for free through Spudman’s website.

Sustainability alliance, weight loss in storage among SpudWeek webinar series topics

Launched in 2021, SpudWeek is comprised of three interactive one-hour webinars, each with a different focus.

Potato Sustainability Alliance to host summer symposium in Boise

It is the first-such symposium for the PSA, which was founded when the original Potato Sustainability Initiative reformed and expanded in 2020. 

Idaho company finds new use for potato starch: eco-friendly plastic

Since 2011, BioLogiQ, an Idaho Falls, Idaho-based company, has been experimenting with potato starch-based plastic, a technology that degrades faster than traditional plastic.

EPA with new workplan to streamline pesticide registration, endangered species protection

Spudman’s 2022 potato industry Dream Team

Midwestern BioAg partnering with Indigo Agriculture on carbon credit program

Cover crops and potatoes: How effective are they?

Syngenta adds sustainability-measuring function to its CropWise app

Carbon storage study by Soil Health Institute gets funding from Wells Fargo

Potato industry leaders Quarles, Toaspern talk issues, market outlook

McCain invests in Strong Roots, continues plant-based food focus

Strong Roots, a leading plant-based frozen food company, and McCain Foods have announced a strategic partnership.