A scientist has explained why robots still struggle to pick tomatoes. Labor shortages in agriculture are driving growing interest in robotic systems that can automate harvesting. Yet some crops remain ...

Tomatoes are loved in the U.S., but drought and climate change threaten their supply. Hydroponics and vertical farming could use up to 90% less water while producing quality tomatoes. High costs and ...

The uncomplicated nature of this method is hard to overstate. Gardener shares wildly simple method of growing tomatoes with virtually no effort: '[They] take care of themselves' first appeared on The ...

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A new, unique tomato farm in Bartlesville, Okla. is teaching children the importance of growing, farming and planting. A new, unique tomato farm in Bartlesville, Okla. is teaching children the ...

It's peak tomato season, which means it's the busiest, sweatiest, most backbreaking time of the year for self-described "accidental tomato farmer" Tim Stark. This week, Stark trucked 100 varieties of ...

Another farm in Palm Beach County will soon be gone, replaced by 26 estate homes on a 26-acre parcel in an incorporated area of the county bordering Haverhill. The Mecca family has been farming ...

MONTAGUE — Red Fire Farm is coming away from the 40th annual Massachusetts Tomato Contest a winner, this year for its Brandywine and Purple Zebra heirloom tomatoes. Red Fire Farm co-owners Ryan and ...

Youths can explore opportunities in agriculture by utilising available water bodies in their communities for irrigation farming. An entrepreneur, Salisu Danjuma, from the Difa community in Yamaltu ...