Most Americans eat roughly 50 pounds of apples of year. Apple sauce and apple juice are favorite foods for many kids. While they are one of the most popular fruits in this country, a common pesticide ...

Many homeowners enjoy growing their own fruit, but they have also learned that they require a lot of care to approach the quality of products obtained from a commercial orchard or grocery store.

Apple growers in the eastern U.S. have a despised enemy known as apple scab — a disease caused by a fungus that forms ugly brown or greenish-black pockmarks on the fruit's skin. A scabby apple is ...

This week Bessey Nursery tree conservation & why high heat pesticide application isn't a good idea. This week on Backyard Farmer we’ll hear about conservation of our native trees at Bessey Nursery and ...

As far as the world’s food chain is concerned, safeguarding food crops is crucial, and pesticides are a vital tool to repel, kill, and bring pests under control. On a yearly basis, around two million ...

Our Test Kitchen’s trick research-backed as the most effective way to remove pesticides. Whether you scored your apples from a tree in your backyard, an orchard, a farmers market, or the supermarket, ...