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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 ...

Tomato vines can look calm from a distance. Up close, they feel like a crowded maze. Fruit hangs in clusters. Stems twist in ...

REEDLEY, Calif. — Amber Balakian remembers growing up on the family farm — going to farmers markets, playing in the irrigated rows of vegetables and eating fresh produce right off the vine. “My ...

Niba visits Raleigh City Farm to learn about cross-breeding and growing dwarf tomatoes for urban gardens. Niba also speaks with Dr. Zachary Lippman at Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory who is using ...

Tomatoes often top the list of plants people want to grow, but lately, more gardeners are stepping away from them.

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