Fruits & Vegetables

November 19, 2025
Farm tech focuses on robotic weeding in vegetables: Tensorfield Agriculture’s Jetty moves through a simulated carrot field using its thermal microjetting system.
Photo/Mark Billingsley

October 22, 2025
Cilantro trial tests herbicide to fight aggressive weed: University of California Cooperative Extension farm adviser Oleg Daugovish checks on cilantro plantings in a trial looking at the effectiveness of the herbicide Dual Magnum against yellow nutsedge weed. The product is currently not registered for use in California on cilantro.
Photo/Rob McCarthy

September 24, 2025
Urban farm's microgreens punch up plates, palates: Joni Albers operates Los Angeles-based Hungry Gardens Urban Farm, which grows microgreens and edible flowers. She encourages other farmers and home gardeners to try growing microgreens because the young seedlings require little space and pack nutrition. The farm earns part of its income building gardens and farms for various organizations, restaurants and homeowners.
Photo/Lori Fusaro

September 10, 2025
Tomato yields up as canneries try to reduce inventory: Tomato yields up as canneries try to reduce inventory
Graphic/Ag Alert; Source/USDA

August 27, 2025
Farm finds market niche growing 'polarizing' okra: Twin brothers Andrew, left, and Eric Walker operate Farmboy Organics in Yolo County, where they grow a variety of fruits and vegetables, including okra, which thrive in California’s summer heat.
Photo/Steve German

July 30, 2025
Sweet corn growers market crop locally, nationally: Sweet corn is harvested by machine in Tulare County near Tipton. The summertime staple is grown commercially for sale to retailers and locally by growers who sell directly to customers at farm stands and farmers markets.
Photo/Courtesy of Tom Barcellos