A scientist has explained why robots still struggle to pick tomatoes. Labor shortages in agriculture are driving growing ...

Tomatoes are loved in the U.S., but drought and climate change threaten their supply. Hydroponics and vertical farming could use up to 90% less water while producing quality tomatoes. High costs and ...

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Smiling faces filled Jefferson Farm and Garden on Thursday for the 20th year of the Tomato Festival. University of Missouri students worked over the past nine months to grow 194 varieties of tomatoes ...

It's peak tomato season, which means it's the busiest, sweatiest, most backbreaking time of the year for self-described "accidental tomato farmer" Tim Stark. This week, Stark trucked 100 varieties of ...

HOLLISTON — By his own admission, local farmer Peter MacArthur was going to struggle to pay the inflated cost of oil to heat his greenhouse this past winter and early spring. So he decided to begin ...