No value-added taxes (VAT) on fruit and vegetables, but increased VAT on meat and milk would have a positive effect on ...

Additionally, horticulture specialists at Ashridge Trees note that pears' high fibre content promotes satiety, helping to ...

Polk County Cooperative Extension’s annual plant sale is now underway, where customers can purchase a variety of fruit and veggie plants to take home and blossom in their own backyard or to gift to a ...

Seeds were brought to New Zealand in 1904 by the principal of Wh, Mary Isabel Fraser, who had been visiting mission schools ...

PLANT CITY, Fla (WFLA) — Plant City farmers are putting in overnight hours to protect crops from freezing. Matt Parke is responsible for 300-acres of strawberries at Parkesdale Farms in Plant City.

Global spread of powdery mildew threatens blueberries, costing millions and prompting better disease management strategies.

I have seen poinsettias growing outdoors as far north as Granada Hills but they were always planted against a wall.

The standard advice for surviving the apple industry’s present downturn is to use block-level accounting to understand which ...

Sweet and hard cider are other good outlets for excess apple production, but U-pick is “by far the most profitable way to ...

At the end of the 2022 growing season, Godsey saw codling moth-related losses in the test block plummet to a mere 1%. To say ...

Coronado Crops, a program of the Emerald Keepers high school interns, is back for 2025. The program, which began last year ...

The unique fruits are increasingly popular nowadays, often utilized as a meat substitute in vegan dishes. The jackfruit ...