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Health officials have linked a death in California to an E. coli outbreak from romaine lettuce grown in Arizona, and the numbers of sick people continues to increase.

The high-tech ag revolution on produce farms is on the menu at a luncheon sponsored by Western Growers and the Silicon Valley Business Journal.

America’s love of the pistachio will be mostly spared from any fresh sanctions against Iran, a major world producer of the nut.

Sure, Windsor Castle in England is a nice spot for a royal wedding, but the California Avocado Commission has a better idea.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture, citing lack of interest from growers, has put an end to a campaign for a national research and promotion program for organic produce and other products.

Alex Ott is leaving the California Apple Commission and other commodity boards to become the full-time executive director of the American Pecan Council.

The Idaho Potato Commission is seeking out spud lovers for a new consumer contest.

At the former site of the Bethlehem Steel mill in Baltimore, long after that business shut down, a new business is sprouting.

Georgia is not known as a citrus state. Not yet, anyway.

California’s citrus industry has a $7.12 billion economic impact, according to a study commissioned by the Citrus Research Board.