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Why you'll have a hard time buying the "most American fruit"

Jan 19, 2024
Pawpaws are native to North America, but you're not going to find them in your local grocery store. Yasmin Tayag of The Atlantic explains why.
Creamy pawpaws grow wild in North America and have a tropical flavor.
Courtesy Yasmin Tayag

Reviving China's rural economy, one peach tree at a time

Jul 25, 2023
Chinese officials have pushed for young entrepreneurs to return and revitalize the countryside, but the task is complex.
Liu Pingfu dreamed of working in the big city when he was young, but is keen to return to the countryside.
Christian Petersen-Clausen for Marketplace

COVID stresses food production in Washington fruit harvests

Oct 27, 2020
It's fruit harvesting and processing time in the Pacific Northwest and workers are getting PPE, but still pressing for union rights.
Jeff T. Green/Getty Images

Michigan cherry farmers say they are being priced out by foreign competitors

Nov 25, 2019
Since 2006, the state has lost 160 tart cherry farms.
Thirty-year-old tart cherry trees are removed from Bardenhagen Farms in Suttons Bay. Farmer Jim Bardenhagen says he can’t afford to maintain them while the price of cherries is so low.
Max Johnston
Marketing "ugly produce" has proved fruitful for some entrepreneurs.
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Why our avocado cravings could be harming the environment

Aug 19, 2016
Consumer demand for avocados has increased in recent years.
Men work during the harvest of avocado at an orchard in Uruapan municipality, Michoacán State, Mexico.
ENRIQUE CASTRO/AFP/Getty Images

Georgia town boasts about its fruitcake bakery

Dec 18, 2015
A look into the "Fruitcake Capital of the World"

For public good, not for profit.

Texas company dresses up fruitcake with pecans

Dec 18, 2015
A fruitcake makeover for a product with a long history

The big business of fruit arrangements

May 8, 2015
The CEO of Edible Arrangements talks about how his business started.
An edible arrangements delivery truck.
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The bananapocalypse is upon us

Mar 6, 2014
The world’s fourth most valuable crop is threatened by a fungus.