Sakai sweet potato brings in sweet success

A sweet crop, cultivated in a rural town in Japan, is being met with sweet success thanks to a joint effort between a local farmer and the town’s mayor and council.

The World Wants More Ube. Philippine Farmers Are Struggling to Keep Up.

Soaring demand and extreme weather worsened by climate change have wiped out harvests of the popular purple yam.

When grocery stores reject produce they describe as imperfect, this company steps in

The crates, filled with hundreds of oranges, are just a small portion of the more than 20 billion pounds of produce that U.S.
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Baru nut and frozen fruits: Brazil opens new markets in Japan and the Eurasian Economic Union

Brazil’s Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock said the deals "expand opportunities for processed products with greater added ...
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In Japan’s Northern Alps, residents battle monkeys to protect homes and farms

AZUMINO, Japan (AP) — In the foothills of Japan’s Northern Alps, people are chasing monkeys. Wearing bright orange vests, the humans ring bells, blow whistles and strike rocks and trees with walking ...