Yardsmart: Fruit trees offer more than other plants

Decades ago, while designing home sites for orchard farmers in California's Sacramento Valley, I came upon one grove of heirloom white-flesh peaches.

Plant Palette: Miracle fruit

I had a wonderful opportunity to visit Costa Rica this month. Of the many amazing things I was able to see and experience during this visit, one small plant stood out — the “miracle” fruit.

Fruit update: Southwest Michigan apples, peaches very hard hit by spring freezes, Extension reports

Apples suffered severe damage from April’s freezes. Many orchards have little if any fruit.

Fruit-snack maker seeks lower costs

Greenday Global, a small and medium-sized enterprise producer of Thai fruit snacks, plans to expand its business into other Asean countries next year to boost the company's growth ahead of seamless trade in the region under the Asean Economic Community (AEC).

Beyond pineapple: Hawaiian farmer cultivates taste for exotic fruits

If anyone can convince a visitor to taste something that smells like feet, it's Ken Love. The longtime Kona coffee farmer, president of Hawaii Tropical Fruit Growers and vice president of the Kona Kohala Chefs...