From left: Red bananas at the Fruit & Spice Park, in Homestead, Florida; harvesting carambolas at Paradise Farms. Just an hour south of Miami, Nora Walsh finds a candyland of tropical fruits ripe ...

Just an hour south of Miami, Nora Walsh finds a candyland of tropical fruits ... But at the Fruit & Spice Park, a botanical garden in Homestead, Florida, I came across a small grove of them ...

A study reveals that Florida farms experienced the most significant damage from Hurricane Debby, Helene, and Milton in 2024.

The Fruit & Spice Park was started in 1944 by Mary Heinlein, a gardener who wanted to show that the clay-rich soil and climate in this part of South Florida — a region known as the Redlands — could ...

Tropical fruit grower and importer Tierra Suelta announced strong volumes of high quality, Florida-grown star fruit are now available.

Florida, U.S., September 28, 2024. There were 41 counties that experienced tropical storm wind from all three storms, but the Big Bend farm belt bore the brunt of the damage. The eyes of two of ...