Fruit and Vegetable Farming

Florida Citrus Growers Switch to Organic

Coalition Of Immokalee Workers Declare Tomato Pickers Victory in Florida

image via ciw-online.org The Coalition Of Immokalee Workers, a Florida farmworkers union known for taking on the "big 4" fast food giants, winning, and garnering higher wages because of it, has just marked another milestone. Two Florida farms that specialize in growing and selling or ... More >>

Orange Crush

A Chinese pathogen has the citrus industry talking apocalypse.

Historian, Test Thyself

A Chinese pathogen has the citrus industry talking apocalypse.

Glam-Dunk

Hip-hop hoops it up

Baby Me Tree

Hey you tree huggers, stop squeezing and actually raise one!

Best Chocolate

Le Chocolatier

Best Local Phantasmagoria

Le Chocolatier

Anatomy of a Quarantine

State officials are spending millions of your tax dollars to stop citrus canker. And they're making a mess of it.

Getting Back at the Orange Bitch

State officials are spending millions of your tax dollars to stop citrus canker. And they're making a mess of it.

Florida Tomatoes Declared "Tastiest In Years" -- By The Florida Tomato Marketers

Lee KleinPhoto of last year's presumably inferior crop​The Florida Tomato Committee is touting the upcoming crop as "the best tasting in years". The marketing organization for tomato growers estimates that 80 percent of the winter crop was wiped out this past year. To date this season, Florida tom ... More >>

Immokalee Workers Win $$ for Farm Laborers

​The Wall Street Journal is reporting that Pacific Tomato Growers, one of the biggest U.S. tomato firms, has agreed to pass on a penny per pound surcharge to workers.McDonald's and others had offered to pay the charge after federal authorities compared the lot of Central American workers in tomato ... More >>

The International Watermelon Conference is Not Seedy

Creative Commons: North Carolina State University​This weekend, the Second Annual International Watermelon Conference rolls into town at The Eden Roc Resort & Spa, and the roster reads like one big juicy party! While it's billed as a summit focusing on "the challenges and opportunities f ... More >>

Tomatoland: Barry Estabrook Describes Why Florida Sucks at Agriculture

Apparently, when it comes to agriculture and civil rights, Florida just can't do anything right. In the new book, Tomatoland: How Modern Industrial Agriculture Destroyed Our Most Alluring Fruit, journalist Barry Estabrook traces the history of the tomato and discusses the ecological and human co ... More >>

Calling All Herbivores

Apparently, when it comes to agriculture and civil rights, Florida just can't do anything right. In the new book, Tomatoland: How Modern Industrial Agriculture Destroyed Our Most Alluring Fruit, journalist Barry Estabrook traces the history of the tomato and discusses the ecological and human co ... More >>