potatoes

In a world of calamity and climate change, just don’t mess with my fries! A hundred Northwest farmers and scientists stood in a Quincy-area field recently to make sure the golden goodness lives on despite future restrictions on pesticides, diminished ag lands, limits on water and a changing climate.

The Northwest farmers who grow potatoes for your French fries are themselves plenty fried.The three massive agribusiness companies that make much of the…

A potato processing plant in the central Washington town of Warden burned down in a dramatic overnight fire Thursday. By early Friday morning, emergency…

Home-delivered fast food is a booming global business, but when it comes to French fries, there’s a hitch. They often get soggy on the ride. So now, top…

Circle irrigation pivot lines fan out in the distance -- dark skeletons against the dirty snow and matching sky.Ed Schneider has grown french-fry-making…

A Western Oregon mail order company has begun selling what might become the No. 1 conversation starter of Northwest garden parties this summer.It's a…

Northwest potato farmers are cheering a small provision tucked into the newly passed federal spending package.The Women, Infants and Children or WIC…

Northwest potato growers say they've been snubbed in a federal nutrition program.The U.S. Department of Agriculture Friday finalized changes to the Women,…

A set of lawsuits winding its way through federal court in Idaho combine a couple phrases you might not expect to find together: "massive international…

One of the country's leading suppliers of french fries is asking the federal government to approve genetically modified potatoes. The USDA announced the…