SACAPP conference explores potato sector innovation, from Japanese processing to water-saving and sustainable textiles.

Students and their teachers in grades pre-k through 12 will gain knowledge about producing Colorado Potatoes this spring ...

Can you really grow potatoes in used supermarket paper grocery bags? In this video, I put that idea to the test! I planted 14 double-bagged paper grocery bags with seed potatoes and set them up on ...

A 62-page document written by President Donald Trump’s on-again-off-again pick to run NASA, billionaire Jared Isaacman, outlines a sweeping, ambitious, and at times controversial plan for the space ...

Millions of years ago, an ancient tomato had a fling with another species in the Andes—and so was born the plant that gave rise to the spuds we love to eat today. The origin of the potato has long ...

Edwards architect Beth Levine not only transformed a Potato Patch condo into more indoor-outdoor living, but she also discovered 100 square feet of unused space, which she integrated into a large ...

Powdery scab, nematode management and Black Dot Disease are likely to get substantial Northwest Potato Research Consortium funding in the 2026 project award cycle. “Growers want to see more research ...

Laura holds a Master's in Experimental Neuroscience and a Bachelor's in Biology from Imperial College London. Her areas of expertise include health, medicine, psychology, and neuroscience. Laura holds ...

New research traces the genetic ancestry of the popular root vegetable to a brief plant romance millions of years ago. A new study shows that the tomato gave rise to the modern clade of potatoes by ...

There are more than a hundred ways to prepare a potato, and thousands of stories have begun with a shot of vodka distilled from this tuber. For centuries, the potato has been instrumental in feeding ...

About 9 million years ago, a wild interspecies fling between tomato-like plants and potato relatives in South America gave rise to one of the world’s most important crops: the potato. Scientists have ...

WASHINGTON, Aug 1 (Reuters) - The potato is one of the world's food staples, first cultivated thousands of years ago in the Andes region of South America before spreading globally from the 16th ...