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 ...

Fresh fruit from your garden is so nourishing. There’s nothing like feasting on tree-ripened peaches. Here are some suggestions to make the fruit of your labor more productive. FIGS, FRESH OR DRIED: ...

The use of drones in agriculture is becoming more of a necessity than a whim, with the massive urbanization process forcing farmers to switch to automated solutions. Aerial devices have a plethora of ...

If you have an invasive tree in your backyard, it can be difficult to know what to do. For trees that produce fruit, harvesting the crops seems like a reasonable way to deal with them. Most invasive ...

Mechanical harvesting of fruit trees represents a transformative approach to modern orchard management. By applying controlled vibrational excitations, these systems selectively detach ripe fruit ...

Past Saguaro National Park is a campsite where the Tohono Oʼodham go to harvest saguaro fruit every year, a harvest which signifies the New Year and helps encourage rainfall. The inside of the fruit ...

Imagine growing your own backyard fruit orchard, but without having to do much in the way of pest control, weed management, or fertilizing because the carefully selected companion plants support and ...

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Tohono O’odham elder Stella Tucker, who spread her knowledge about the art of saguaro fruit harvesting to all who wanted to learn, died Jan. 9. She was 71. Tucker died at Tucson Medical Center after a ...