With labor shortages leaving a wealth of fruit to rot on trees, farmers around the globe are seeing a glimmer of hope on the horizon as AI-driven robots fly to their rescue. These tech marvels are ...

Farming is undergoing a remarkable transformation thanks to cutting-edge technologies reshaping how fruit is picked and handled. While autonomous drones like Tevel’s Flying Robots are already ...

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 ...

It’s a banner fruit year on the farm. The sour cherry is full of small red globes, the black raspberry bushes are bursting with berries and clusters of grapes hang heavy on the arbor. In the early ...

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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 ...

This story is a component of the feature “Seasons of Preserves: Stone Fruit,” which is part of a four-part series on preserving fruit at home called “L.A. in a Jar.” When it comes to picking fruit for ...

“Some of the best fruit I’ve ever tasted has been from the you-might-die places,” says urban apple expert William Mullan. Photo: Jutharat Pinyodoonyachet “Some of the best fruit I’ve ever tasted has ...