Tomato

Syed Sajjad Ali inspects tomatoes planted inside a Kheyti greenhouse.

This greenhouse innovation helps farmers in India cope with climate change

The Big Fix

The “greenhouse-in-a-box” is part of a solution designed to help smallholder farmers cope with the vagaries of a changing climate. The design, essentially a low-cost, scaled-down version of a standard greenhouse, is the brainchild of an Indian startup called Kheyti.

Nancy Sharabarin hands money to a customer buying strawberries at the Saturday farmers market as business opens up with a successful vaccination campaign in Portland, Oregon, Saturday, June 5, 2021.

There’s still time for canning, preserving and freezing excess fruits and veggies

Food
In a market in Abuja, a vendor named Abba shows me a puny tomato that was selling for 10 times the usual price. Some Nigerians have been calling tomatoes “Buhari’s gold,” after the president.

How a tomato shortage has Nigerians questioning their reliance on oil

Development

NAFTA, 20 years later: Florida tomato farmers struggling with competition

The World

NAFTA 20 Years After: Florida’s Tomato Growers Struggling

Global Politics

Video: Indoor Farming is a ‘Plant Paradise’ in the Netherlands

Arts, Culture & Media

A Dutch experiment is attempting to make urban growing a viable possibility.

E. Coli Outbreak: Source Still A Mystery

Global Politics

With customers scared of E. coli, vegetable vendors in Germany are having trouble selling their produce.

Cooling Down the Summer Garden: An Organic Gardening Segment

Late summer is the perfect time to plan ahead for the next few seasons harvest. While the tomatoes are ripening on the vine, it’s a great time to purchase and plant winter vegetable seeds. Living on Earth’s organic gardening advisor Evelyn Tully Costa explains.

Mortgage Lifter Tomatoes

Radiator Charlie grew tomatoes and he grew ’em big. Here’s his story.

The World

Mortgage Lifter Tomatoes

Radiator Charlie grew tomatoes and he grew ’em big. Here’s his story.