Competing for online grocery shoppers is a dominant trend for leading Chicago retailers.

California table grape growers are shipping record amounts as their season nears an end.

In the wake of the food safety travails of romaine lettuce in recent weeks — and industry navel-gazing about whether health authorities overreacted — I ask this question: What about the good news?

With a $90-million investment, Bowery Farming plans to build large-scale indoor farms in cities across the country.

The FDA has named Adam Bros. Farm in Santa Barbara County as one potential source of the E. coli outbreak linked to romaine — but it cautions that the finding does not explain all the illnesses in the outbreak.

Imports of mangoes and papayas have shown strong growth over the past decade.