A Japanese farm introduced a new crop this winter: an organic banana with a peel that's thin enough to eat. In a nod to this appealing outer covering, Setsuzo Tanaka, the banana's inventor, has named ...

“Seaside Banana Gardens,” says the cheery voice on the phone. Banana gardens? In California? Doug Richardson, who planted his first banana in Southern California 10 years ago, can hardly believe it ...

Producers in Martinique and Guadeloupe have significantly reduced their use of pesticides over the past decade, but the extra ...

Aloha Farms, which operates a 300-acre banana farm on the North Shore of Oahu, is ripe for purchase, say sources in the local agriculture industry. Company president David Holzman denies it but adds ...