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McCain breaks ground on $300 million expansion in Washington
McCain Foods USA officially started construction Oct. 15 on its new $300 million, 170,000-square foot potato processing facility in Othello, Washingto... READ MORE »
Black Gold Farms’ Halverson family starts transportation firm
The Halverson family, owners and operators of Black Gold Farms, are getting into the transportation business. The Halversons have announced the... READ MORE »
Cavendish Farms opens new potato processing facility in Alberta
Cavendish Farms' new $430 million frozen potato processing plant in Canada is open for business. A ribbon-cutting ceremony took place at the Lethbridg... READ MORE »
McCain Foods becomes founding member of biodiversity coalition
McCain Foods has become a founding member of the One Planet Business for Biodiversity (OP2B) coalition of leading companies. Launched at the United... READ MORE »
LaJoie Farms honored as McCain Foods Champion Grower for ’18-19
McCain Foods honored some of its top potato providers during its annual banquet in Presque Isle, Maine in August by announcing its Champion Grower awa... READ MORE »
McCain starts on $12 million expansion to New Brunswick facility
McCain Foods Canada has announced a $12 million investment to its potato processing plant in Florenceville, New Brunswick. The expansion will add c... READ MORE »
Halverson family adds Kling to Black Gold Farms’ board of directors
Black Gold Farms has announced a new addition to its board of directors, one outside the Halverson family. Food industry veteran Doug Kling, wh... READ MORE »
Oregon Potato Company acquires assets of NORPAC Foods, which files for Chapter 11
NORPAC Foods Inc., a grower-owned fruit and vegetable cooperative founded in 1924, announced Aug. 22 that it has entered into an asset purchase agreem... READ MORE »
Teaching kids about potatoes focus of Michigan man
Today, less than 2% of Americans are farmers by profession. Most American children have little inkling of what it takes to grow a crop, nor do they ap... READ MORE »
Pennsylvania potato legacy Nathan Tallman heads state cooperative
Nathan Tallman is a Pennsylvania potato legacy. He grew up on a potato farm, helping his father, Bill Tallman, at the family farm in Tower City. I... READ MORE »
