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The Canadian restaurant industry is slowly improving to pre-recession levels but long-term growth will depend on more product innovation, quality, customer service, and convenience.

Gary Linkletter, Chairman of the Prince Edward Island Potato Board said Thursday he expects potato acreage will drop somewhere between 5,000 and 10,000 acres this year.

Prince Edward Island potato farmers growing for McCain Foods voted in favour Tuesday night of the latest contract offer from the company.

The Irving-owned Cavendish Farms has reduced the number of potatoes it's buying this year on P.E.I. for processing by 10 to 15 per cent. President Robert Irving told CBC News Monday the market for french fries has still not shown signs of recovery.

Cavendish Farms will invest in new technology to use more cost-effective natural gas and achieve a significant reduction in greenhouse gas emissions at the New Annan plant.

Prince Edward Island potato farmers who grow for Cavendish Farms voted Tuesday night in favour of a new deal with the company. Greg Donald, general manager of the P.E.I. Potato Board, wouldn't provide any details of the contract because negotiations ar...

Prince Edward Island Agriculture Minister George Webster says he was unable to get assurances from the corporate bosses at McCain Foods that its Borden-Carleton processing plant will remain open.

There is still no word on why Henk Tepper of New Brunswick is in custody in Lebanon.

No es que los productores de papa del Canadá sufran de la presencia generalizada del nematodo del quiste de la papa (NQP). De hecho, a diferencia de Europa, los brotes en América del Norte son pocos y distantes entre sí. Distribución del nematodo del q...

It's not that Canadian potato growers suffer from widespread presence of the Potato Cyst Nematodes (PCN). In fact, unlike in Europe, outbreaks in North America are few and far between.

McCain Foods (Canada) has another good reason to celebrate the success of its Sweet Potato Superfries® varieties.

Funcional Technologies Corp. (TSX-V: FEB) se complace en anunciar que su filial, Phyterra Yeast Inc. ha sido beneficiada con 2,5 millones de dólares del Fondo de Inversión del Canada (AIF). El proyecto desarrollará y comercializará una tecnología par...

Functional Technologies Corp. (TSX-V: FEB) is pleased to announce that its subsidiary, Phyterra Yeast Inc., has been awarded $2.5 million from the Government of Canada's Atlantic Innovation Fund

The Government of Canada is helping the Canadian Horticultural Council (CHC) peel open new international markets for our top-quality spuds. Agriculture Minister Gerry Ritz announced an investment of $743,000 to help the CHC increase exports and improv...

Despite Prince Edward Island's position as Canada's top potato producer, the P.E.I. Potato Board says there needs to be more local research to help the industry.

Cavendish Farms has requested federal government help to seek the elimination of a European trade tariff that could open up a huge marketplace for French fries and help increase potato production on P.E.I.

Small potatoes aren't small potatoes anymore, at least when it comes to marketing delicious spuds.

The Canadian Society of Allergy and Clinical Immunology (CSACI), representing specialty physicians, academic researchers, and allied health professionals in the field, was very happy to hear the announcement of important changes to food labelling regulations to be implemented by August 2012.