I spent two summers working on an organic farm near Nashville. During that time, I witnessed firsthand the meticulous cultivation of food as it traveled from the soil to a customer's hand. I learned ...

Bhutani, Ph.D., is assistant professor in the School of Exercise and Nutritional Sciences at San Diego State University, and lives in Del Cerro. On my weekly runs to my local grocery store, I am ...

When it comes to healthy eating, fruits and vegetables reign supreme. But along with all their vitamins, minerals, and other nutrients can come something else: an unhealthy dose of dangerous ...

How to deliver fresh produce to customers with less time between farm and store? The answer: create its own produce farm.

Take a stroll through the produce section at your local grocery store, and you'll likely have to decide whether to buy organic or conventional fruits and vegetables. There's a bounty of factual ...

Organic fruits and vegetables pose little risk from pesticides, according to a new Consumer Reports analysis of Department of Agriculture data. But going organic can cost more—sometimes a lot ...

If you’re trying to avoid pesticide-contaminated produce, your non-organic strawberries should be the first things to go, according to a recent study. On Wednesday, the Environmental Working Group ...

Fruits and veggies are a good way to start a healthy, balanced diet, and studies have shown they're good for improving heart health. Yet sometimes, in the store, they've sat in the aisles for a few ...

Organic fruits and vegetables are becoming a less costly category. Prices for many selections are declining and helping to fuel more purchasing from the large base of inflation-weary and ...

This one’s pure filth. The 2024 “Dirty Dozen” list was released this week — this year’s edition of the annual roundup of the 12 fruits and vegetables packing the most pesticides names and shames ...