This story is part of The Price of Plenty, a special project investigating the power of the fertilizer manufacturing industry and its wide-ranging impacts on the environment in places like Florida and ...

Think you can’t grow avocados in the chilly winters of North Florida? Think again. The significant cold snap of January 2026, which sent temperatures plunging across the Sunshine State, has become the ...

University of Florida scientists have developed a tomato packed with vitamin A, a breakthrough that could help combat nutritional deficiencies.

When The Mosaic Co. wanted to study using phosphogypsum — a waste byproduct of the phosphate industry now heaped into small mountains — in road construction, it turned to the Sustainable Materials ...

Every year local peanut farmers brace for diseases that might wipe out their crop. Not just enemies they’ve fought off before, but new and emerging ones. They’re hard to see at first. Then, seemingly ...

As you nibble on a chocolate truffle or bite into a chocolate-dipped strawberry on Valentine’s Day, consider the elongated, ribbed pods of the cacao tree, which made that sweet treat possible. A group ...

Florida blueberries generally reach the market ahead of those from other U.S. states, filling a valuable early-season niche for retailers.

This year marks a golden milestone for the University of Florida’s ornamental breeding program, and the celebration comes ...