Experiments with avocado: How 2 farmers are going exotic with ‘not so Punjab’ fruits
Like Jhand, Gursimran Singh has conducted trials with avocados and other exotic fruits on half an acre for nearly a decade.
Indonesia's cocoa farmers work with businesses to fight the bitter impact of climate change
Now it will help the tree grow new fruit,” farmer Tari Santoso says with a smile. Thousands of cocoa farmers across Indonesia ...
Mango farms where? Climate change is scrambling where the world's food is grown.
As climate change complicates growing the region's historically emblematic crops, like olives and lemons, Amata is seeing ...
Sacramento’s co-op bought fruit from this farm for decades. Then it bought the farm
Sacramento Natural Foods Co-op now has the rare ability to control exactly when its fruit is harvested and delivered.
How Grateful Pie Company turned a fruit farm into a flourishing cafe
Barbara Funnell had 85 fruit trees, so she started making jams, jellies and pies to sell at area farmers markets. Now her ...
Warm weather might spell danger for Michigan fruit farms
The recent warm weather has been a nice treat, but fruit farmers across Michigan are growing concerned. They are worried budding could begin too soon—and damage their ...
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Author leads a walk through Antietam Lake Park and teaches participants ‘How to Love a Forest’
Ethan Tapper on Monday afternoon led 40 people on a walk through the Angora Fruit Farm into the Antietem Lake Park and talked ...
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USDA to measure fruit, cranberry, berry production
The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) will conduct its end of season surveys for the 2024 non-citrus tree fruit, cranberry and berry production. The ...
Why worm castings may be the ideal insect control for your fruit trees
Insects’ aversion to worm castings is demonstrated when they are spread over ant nests, causing the ants to remove themselves ...
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Valley's agriculture guest workers are back and, so far, not much has changed
Spring is only a couple of weeks away and there is work to be done on the Grand Valley’s orchards and vineyards. Fruit trees ...
The Grand Junction Daily Sentinel7d
Valley's agriculture guest workers return to changed political climate
Spring is only a couple of weeks away and there is work to be done on the Grand Valley’s orchards and vineyards. Fruit trees ...
5 C's: Citrus groves faded, but backyards, U-pick outfits keep juice flowing
Residential citrus trees not only keep juice on the table, they help food banks supply fruit to people who need help.