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When I was a kid I had a big picture book called “Turnips for Dinner,” which chronicled the attempts of a zoo keeper to feed his charges a diet of root vegetables.

Farm Star Mary’s Minutes: Shuman Farms Feeding Families in Need

McLean, Va.-based Gladstone Land Corp. has purchased two blueberry farms in Michigan.

The Packer’s latest poll invites readers to evaluate President Trump’s handling of the immigration problems at the Mexican border.

U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue will headline the fifth-annual Forbes AgTech Summit.

A Congressional disaster relief bill headed for President Trump’s desk for his signature will provide more direct aid to U.S. cherry growers hurt by China’s retaliatory tariffs.

PISMO BEACH, Calif. — Value-added solutions that meet the needs of tomorrow’s consumers is one opportunity for fresh produce marketers.

In the last storage report of the season, the U.S. Apple Association reported June 1 fresh apple inventories are 7% less than the same time a year ago.

The nutrients in fresh vegetables and fruit dwindle down each day that ticks by after harvest, so does that mean produce frozen at peak ripeness is often healthier for consumers by the time they eat it?

U.S. growers are using less risky irrigation sources and are sanitizing their equipment more often than 20 years ago.