At 30 years old, Curzio Caravati moved to the United States from Switzerland, settling into the lakeside town of Kenosha, WI, where he purchased two acres of land and began filling it with crops. It ...

If you have a small space for growing vegetables but still want a big harvest, potatoes may be the perfect addition to your garden. You can easily grow potatoes (Solanum tuberosum) in a vertical ...

If you’ve only tasted store-bought potatoes, it’s time to experience the remarkable flavor and convenience of homegrown spuds by learning how to plant seed potatoes. The key is to start with certified ...

Michael Steinmann is third generation on his family farm near Ashton, Idaho, growing several varieties of potatoes for seed. A few years ago he grew 14 different varieties: red, yellow, brown, white, ...

In fifteen years or so of farm forays I have watched potatoes come and go in the gourmet revival of heirloom everything. Novelty candy stripes and blue or purple potatoes appear one season and vanish ...

The College of Agricultural and Life Sciences Seed Potato Certification Program finalized a public-private partnership this January. The Wisconsin Potato Coalition will take over management of the ...

AUSTIN — All this time, you probably thought you only had two, maybe three choices when potatoes were on the grocery list. Russets, reds or maybe even Yukon Golds, in five-pound bags. And that's it.

It is still early to sow seed for summer gardens but it is potato-planting time. The potato is an interesting vegetable. The potato, tomato, pepper, tomatillo and eggplant are all members of the ...

If you’re thinking about growing your own potatoes this year, there’s one important skill to learn before you get started: how to chit seed potatoes. Many gardeners agree that learning how to grow ...

Sweet potatoes are a popular and nutritious part of Louisiana diets. Growing sweet potatoes is different from growing Irish potatoes or vegetables that are grown from seed, a news release said. The ...

This release is available in Spanish. CUSCO, PERU (15 February 2011)—As climate change and disease threaten potato farming in the tuber's ancestral home in the Peruvian Andes, potato preservationists ...