California farmers once grew 36,000 acres of asparagus. Now, fewer than 3,000 acres are devoted to it in the state. How did we get here? It was a late March morning and dozens of women and men ...

Asparagus is one of the most delicious vegetables around. Even better, it's in season in spring, much earlier than many other veggies. While asparagus is often quite expensive at grocery stores, it's ...

Prized for their edible stems, or spears, asparagus plants are one of the few vegetables that grow perennially, and they're harvested in spring—long before other crops have even sprouted. But while ...

OUTLOOK — In the pre-dawn darkness, with the still-unilluminated eastern face of Pahto as their only company, Jose De Jesus Garcia and Ignacia Gutierrez Saragosa begin cutting asparagus stalks from a ...

It has been a bountiful year in the asparagus patch, and as the harvest starts to wind down, here are some tips from David Trinklein, of the University of Missouri Division of Plant Sciences, to ...

After a late start to the season, last week’s heat woke the Yakima Valley’s asparagus crop out of its slumber. Now, growers are heralding in the 2023 harvest season as they pick, cut, wash, pack and ...

The green spears are in season in South Jersey, with the first bunches hitting farm markets this week. But the vegetable is also quite stylish, New Jersey Agriculture Secretary Doug Fisher said, ...

The 49th annual Fall Harvest & Antique Equipment Show provided a dose of nostalgia just after opening its gates Friday.

It was a late March morning and dozens of women and men descended on a San Joaquin Valley asparagus farm — one of the last in the state. The workers walked along the furrows, cutting the newly ...