It's a moral dilemma: You're walking around the neighborhood, in the middle of the day, temperatures blazing. You're sweaty, thirsty and in need of a refreshment. You look ahead and, like a miracle, a ...

Now is the time of year when flowers are in bloom and fruits are ripening. If vegetation or flowers are growing on public property, then its usually permissible to pick it. However, if you see a bloom ...

A low-cost, simple robotic arm developed by Washington State University researchers might someday help with fruit picking and ...

Well, this is something grandma never mentioned. To find the perfect orange you need to look at it’s “booty hole.” According ...

Tomato greenhouses are becoming test beds for a new kind of farm worker, one that does not just grab every red fruit in sight but pauses to decide which individual tomato is worth picking. Instead of ...

It's getting to be that time of year: Apples are growing, blackberries have ripened – and pretty soon, you'll be able to find piles of smashed, rotten, unpicked fruit on a city sidewalk or in a ...

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