The pleasure of hanging out with plant people is what you learn from them. Such people, and the plants they grow, are typically full of wonderful surprises. Just the other day, I met Ash Jahanbin, ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. CARLSBAD, Calif. — Using a single Taiwanese ...

I’ve been eyeing this rosy, finned, incredible beauty out of the corner of my eye on several trips to the produce section. Alarmingly, a rather large pile of them has dwindled to 6 or 7 by the week’s ...

Veinte Cohol bananas are a small, fast-growing variety with a creamy texture and citrusy tang. They are rarely found outside of the Philippines. But at the Fruit & Spice Park, a botanical garden in ...

Jim Shanley used to grow avocados on his hilly, 113-acre farm in Morro Bay. Now, finger limes, dragon fruit, passion fruit — even coffee plants — are taking root. And, together, they’re far more ...

The secret's out about Merritt Island mangoes. The Pine Island Preservation Society even celebrated the island's sweet connection to the fruit with a Mango Harvest Festival at Sams House Nature Center ...

KAPA’A, KAUAI — In a quiet clearing on the lush, tropical fruit and chocolate plantation of Lydgate Farms, we take our first bite of tangy, mucilaginous cacao fruit. The creamy white pulp could have ...

Ed Shoemaker never did anything small. “Everything he did was a lot of work, but he was successful in everything he did,” said his daughter, Christy Roscoe. Ed Shoemaker, founder of Shoemaker’s Farm, ...