Food is a big part of fall, and farms play a significant role in seasonal celebrations. Each fall, families plan apple picking excursions with their eyes on baking homemade apple pies. And while ...
During the first weeks of spring, farm workers begin arriving at Schreiber Farms before the sun rises. Together in a parking lot, they get their assignments for the day — they’ll either cut asparagus ...
A century ago, orchards were the primary source of income for Parker Flamm’s grandfather and many others in Cobden, a 1,000-person town in southern Illinois. Today, Flamm Orchards is one of the last ...
Farming is undergoing a remarkable transformation thanks to cutting-edge technologies reshaping how fruit is picked and handled. While autonomous drones like Tevel’s Flying Robots are already ...
IS A HIDDEN GEM COMBINING HISTORY, HERITAGE, SUMMER, DELICIOUS AND A LOVE FOR GOOD FOOD. RIGHT NOW WE ARE GROWING AND HARVESTING ZUCCHINI AND SUMMER SQUASH, CUCUMBERS, TOMATO, GREEN BEANS, BEETS, ...
The US agricultural sector—especially farms producing labor-intensive crops such as fruits, vegetables, and horticultural products—relies on unauthorized immigrants to perform many seasonal and ...
The charity said there were a number of maintenance issues in the workers' homes [BBC] Some fruit farm workers are living in damp, overcrowded and unsafe caravans, according to a charity supporting ...