Despite assurances from key agencies, potato industry groups remain concerned about the future of potatoes in this year's and subsequent Dietary Guidelines for Americans. Secretary of Agriculture Tom ...

Claims that the U.S. Government is trying to re-classify a popular vegetable as grain are half-baked. That’s what one government agency claims. But the issue is far from settled. The humble tuber ...

Washington’s U.S. Sen. Maria Cantwell, along with 13 other senators, is insisting that potatoes are a vegetable. Sen. Cantwell joined a bipartisan group of senators who sent a letter to the ...

Boil ’em. Mash ’em. Stick ’em in a stew. Feed them to your picky toddler who won’t eat anything else. Steal them off of your partner’s plate after you’ve insisted you’re not hungry. Throw them in the ...

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"One potato, two potato, three potato, four" turns out to be exactly right--when classifying cultivated potatoes, that is. Scientists have used morphology--the outward appearance of a plant -- in ...

Globally, China and India are the main producers of potatoes. In the United States, Idaho tops the ranking of leading potato producing states, with an annual production amount of over 7 million tons ...

Potatoes at the Othello, Wash., processing facility for McCain Foods, one of the world’s largest makers of potato products. Rajah Bose for The Washington Post Washington’s U.S. Sen. Maria Cantwell, ...