Strawberries are a favorite summer fruit around the world. Where would we be without the sun-ripened strawberries that make shortcakes a family staple at backyard barbecues? Despite their ubiquity on ...

There is something incredibly rewarding about nurturing and growing your own fruit, especially strawberries. These delicious, low-maintenance fruits are packed with flavor, making them an excellent ...

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Recent University of Florida Ph.D. graduate Mark Porter is working to improve the taste and aroma of strawberries.

The annual Poteet Strawberry Festival kicks off April 14th. (KSAT) POTEET, Texas – Every spring, strawberry growers in Poteet aim to put their best berry forward at the annual Strawberry Festival held ...

To understand Driscoll’s, it’s helpful to think of the berry giant less as a farm business than as a genetics and marketing company. Driscoll’s owns the patents to a given berry’s genetics, which it ...

Growing strawberries on a large scale in Arkansas began in the late 19th and early 20th centuries when the advent of railroads made possible the profitable shipping of the fruit. Previously, a two- or ...

The Delaware countryside is dotted with poultry houses, some new, some very old, but all ubiquitous and symbolic structures of the Delmarva broiler poultry industry, which supports a significant ...

A closeup of weathered hands holding freshly harvested strawberries - Dougal Waters/Getty Images Strawberries are a favorite summer fruit around the world. Where would we be without the sun-ripened ...