Vegetables News

A growing number of Indiana residents are dusting off their spades -- and their green thumbs -- to fight high food prices by planting vegetable gardens.

Mexico's Agriculture Department is denying reports that the United States will close its borders to some Mexican produce over fears of salmonella contamination.

Green chili farmers are reporting healthy crops with more than a month to go before harvest.

A South Carolina woman's whimsical approach to food is helping her crack the insular world of cooking contests with such novel dishes as pecan-encrusted oysters over asiago cheese grits.

Forget Al Gore. The people responsible for getting many people to "go green" are much younger - about 60 years younger.

Demand for far-flung vegetables such as Dudhi, Methi and Mooli has shot up so much that Tesco has doubled its range of world food produce.

Veggie Mobile worker Paul Barrett helps customer Christina Coughlin in Albany, N.Y., on May 9. With the rapidly climbing cost of food and fuel, states and nonprofit groups are finding ways to get healthy food ...

Local growers say the crops are looking good and they're ready for the official opening of the Portales Farmers Market.

London, Lambswool insulation and dandelion coffee - a green Gran's guide to cutting your bills Fuel and food prices may be rocketing, but pensioner Gay Cossins doesn't have a worry in the world.

Inspectors are collecting soil, water and produce samples, reviewing export logs and combing packing plants in three major tomato-growing states in Mexico.

The government on Saturday increased the number of people reported being sickened in a record salmonella outbreak in which tomatoes are the leading suspect although investigators are testing other types of ...

It's been decades since that famous forager Euell Gibbons reached through the White House fence and picked four edible weeds out of the president's garden.

Broccoli, one of the most nutritious vegetables available, is making its appearance in local gardens and markets.

A New Hampshire program that gets children to eat vegetables by having them grow and harvest them in their own gardens is being praised by the nation's top public health official.

Most grocery stores carry a variety of shredded vegetables that can be turned into simple, tasty and nutrient-packed ''slaws'' in just minutes.

A Pringle is undoubtedly crisp - but it is not a potato crisp. That was the conclusion reached by a High Court judge today after an exhaustive inquiry into the ingredients, manufacturer and packaging of the ...

Scientists say that adopting just a couple of elements of the Mediterranean diet could cut the risks of developing cancer by 12%. Just using more olive oil alone cuts the risk by 9%, according to a study of ...

A SCIENTIFIC study published here on Wednesday sheds light on why men who eat a lot of broccoli are less likely to develop prostate cancer.

A public interest group is pushing for tighter control of fruits and vegetables in the wake of the salmonella outbreak linked to possibly contaminated tomatoes.

A meal was rice and beans. Bed was the ground under a patched plastic tarp. They bathed in rivers, and when they weren't chained by the neck to trees, they were forced on long marches to new hideouts under the ...