Category: Nutrition & School Meals

WASHINGTON, D.C. – The National Potato Council released the following statement regarding the new 2025-2030 Dietary Guidelines released by the Trump Administration this morning: “The National Potato Council’s initial review...

The end of the government shutdown this week brought immediate benefits for the potato industry, specifically securing vital federal funding and program provisions. In a press release issued by long-time potato...

This week, the Dietary Guidelines Advisory Committee (DGAC) released its 2025 Scientific Report – a document created by a group of academics and other experts as a first step...

The National Potato Council (NPC) today responded to unscientific recommendations by the Dietary Guidelines Advisory Committee (DGAC), which encourages Americans to eat fewer starchy vegetables, despite data showing that...

Long-time potato industry champion U.S. Senator Susan Collins (R-Maine) announced this week that she received a call from USDA Secretary Tom Vilsack who told her the “USDA will officially...

On April 24, 2024, USDA released its final rule overhauling its school breakfast and lunch programs, limiting sugar and further reducing sodium levels in meals. Notably for the potato...

On March 26, U.S. Senators Susan Collins (R-Maine) and Michael Bennet (D-Colo.) led a bipartisan group of 14 Senators in writing to U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Secretary Thomas...

In its latest comments to the committee working on recommendations that will form the 2025 Dietary Guidelines for Americans, NPC this week called on the group to consider modeling...

The National Potato Council today submitted feedback to EPA, USDA, and FDA in response to the “Draft National Strategy for Reducing Food Loss and Waste and Recycling Organics,” which...