Researchers are developing robots that promise to automate a process that has always relied on human workers—and local bees ...

Tam Le and his wife, Tia Pham, own 5 Sisters Fruit Farm in Homestead, where they specialize in growing fruit native to ...

Bananas get a bad rap, but we consider them one of the healthiest fruits because they have a slew of nutrients, including fiber, potassium, copper, magnesium and vitamin B6. They also get extra points ...

When Bruce Talbott began farming his family’s orchards in Palisade on the Western Slope, he used a shovel and tarps to ...

The orchard at the end of Madsen Lane in Sebastopol looks feral. Its apple trees, planted in the 1950s, are sparse; the gaping yards between them make it clear that many have died. Woodpeckers have ...

An orange's juiciness has much to do with storage but also hinges on the condition it's in at the time of purchase—and what ...

"It's only a matter of time until the Santa Cruz Mountains will be regarded as one of planet earth's best regions for growing ...

Gardner concludes that Buffett’s success early in his career came down to four factors: Activism. Buffett wasn’t afraid to take significant stakes in companies and then push for management changes to ...

Emergency crews are responding to a fire reported at a commercial building on Franklin Boulevard in south Sacramento. A radio transmission from the Sacramento fire dispatch indicated that the fire was ...

It's hard to find a cafe in Australia that doesn’t have avocado on the menu, here'st;s the difference between our most ...

Winter is the ideal time of the year to prune many trees. The branches are bare which makes it easier to see the overall ...