Potatoes

• Alberta farm researchers redefining agriculture to grow more potatoes, tackle weeds

  Alberta is Canada's largest potato producer but invasive weeds, wind erosion and other issues are plaguing yields. So, farm researchers are finding solutions.

  Science

  Jul 16, 2025
  
• Wild breed shows potential for developing drought-resistant potato: researcher

  Federal scientists in Atlantic Canada are trying to develop a new breed of potato that is better adapted to growing conditions brought on by climate change.

  Environment

  May 20, 2024
  
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• Kingston-area farmers assess their crops as end of season approaches

  Farming season is close to wrapping up, with local producers clearing their fields before the first frost of the year.

  Canada

  Oct 4, 2023
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• U.S. clears ‘world class P.E.I. potatoes’ to be exported back over border

  Farmers in P.E.I got the all-clear Friday from the U.S. to resume sending some of the world's most celebrated table potatoes back over the Canada-U.S. border.

  Canada

  Apr 1, 2022
• Ottawa to spend $28M to help P.E.I. cope with U.S. export ban on potatoes

  Agriculture Minister Marie-Claude Bibeau told a news conference on Monday the funding will be used to create more potato processing capacity in Canada.

  Canada

  Dec 20, 2021
• Victory garden harvest at southern Alberta museum yields nearly 1,300 pounds of vegetables

  "This was our opportunity to hopefully take away some food insecurities from our local community."

  Economy

  Sep 20, 2020
• Heritage Acres Musuem plants victory garden to support Pincher Creek food bank

  The Heritage Acres Farm Museum just outside Pincher Creek, Alta., has organized a new initiative to donate 100 per cent of harvested potatoes and carrots to the town’s food bank.

  Features

  May 17, 2020
• ‘Eat fries twice a week’: Belgians urged to help with potato pile-up

  Farmers are asking Belgians to do the patriotic thing and eat 750,000 tons of potatoes that can't be exported due to coronavirus lockdowns.

  Trending

  Apr 28, 2020
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• Dalhousie University food security expert warns of COVID-19 effects on agriculture industry

  Sylvain Charlebois says the negative effects of the coronavirus on the ag industry could outlast the pandemic without federal help.

  Canada

  Apr 27, 2020
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• Canada’s meat-and-potato problem: Coronavirus pandemic hits the food supply chain

  Potato growers are the latest to push for help, asking Ottawa for "urgent required interventions" as demand for french fries has all but disappeared.

  Politics

  Apr 26, 2020