June 2005
- Breeding for Health Communicating the healthful aspects of potatoes can help return the vegetable to its rightful place of prominence on North American dinner plates, a Colorado State University researcher said.
- CEO Sound Off The National Potato Council (NPC) and U.S. Potato Board (USPB) are the potato industry’s national voices. Both stand side by side as different but equally important “pillars” of the industry. In the following interview, CEOs John Keeling, NPC, and Tim O’Connor, USPB, discuss the state of the potato industry, its strengths and weaknesses, current challenges and how each organization is working to increase profitability for the industry.
- Learning from Grandpa
- Tualatin Valley Potato Sherwood, Ore., potato grower/packer/shipper Jay Hoffman, who loves baseball and even has a regulation diamond on his farm, is not going to let the loss of his best customer shut him out.