The devastating disease Huonglongbing, or citrus greening, looms darkly over the United States, threatening to wipe out the nation’s citrus industry, whose fresh fruit alone was valued... Read more
The use of edible films likely will expand dramatically in the future — especially for fruits and vegetables The scientist who turned fresh-cut apple slices into a popular convenience food,... Read more
“Recent coverage in the national news media is reporting the very real possibility of the end of orange juice” Key players will converge on Texas A&M University June 4-6 to chart t... Read more
We can keep bananas fresh for up to 12 days A solution finally may be at hand for the number one consumer gripe about America’s favorite fresh fruit ? bananas and their tendency to ripen, so... Read more
A way to make imperfectly ripe fruit a thing of the past Have you ever been disappointed by a cantaloupe from the grocery store? Too ripe? Not ripe enough? Luckily for you, researchers from... Read more
Product users must offer low-cost services to farmers seeking to improve their harvests A Taiwanese biologist has developed a bacteria formula and farming technology that helps strengthen th... Read more
“The best thing is the labels help make the fruit cleaner,” New York based electrical engineer and designer Scott Amron has come up with an idea that could transform the way indu... Read more
Scientists have created a machine that does the same job automatically There’s a reason that the oranges you see in the store usually aren’t rotten – someone at a sorting f... Read more
We’ve all done it – thrown out fruit or vegetables because they went rotten. Fungal contamination is the most common cause of spoilage of fresh produce, with an estimated 30 percent of... Read more