Paul LaFreniere envisions high value niche crops and fish in his plans for agricultural entrepreneurship. He says the key to sustainable food production is for growers to understand plant pathology. A ...

Drivers commuting between Delray Beach and Boynton Beach on Seacrest Boulevard may not notice they’re passing one of the city’s hidden gems. Truly Tropical mango farm is easy to miss. By turning off ...

If you are ready to venture into the world of exotic tropical fruit, consider planting a tree from the annonaceae or custard-apple family. Several tasty species are available and grow well here in ...

GALLATIN, Tenn. (WSMV) - Settled on 71 acres of farmland in Gallatin, Oak Grove Farms has been growing something unique to Tennessee. “To our knowledge, these are the first commercially grown ...

As climate change disrupts traditional farming in Croatia, one farmer near the capital Zagreb is embracing the heat. Ivan Sulog cultivates more than 50 types of tropical fruits — from mangoes to ...

Columbus and other early voyagers to the Americas filled their travel journals with breathless descriptions of the tropical fruits they’d never seen before: avocados, papayas, pineapples, soursop, ...

Walk into any Miami area backyard and you’re faced with a tropical forest of strange, fresh fruit. My father, a Cuban farmer (who on occasion also likes to watch Ultra videos), always grew the kind of ...

Apples, pears, peaches, blueberries and strawberries. Those are the "mainstream" fruits that most people know... and assume are the limited few within our home-growing reach in central Pennsylvania.