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A striking new citrus fruit with a deep ruby interior is making its South African debut, bringing award-winning flavor and nutrition to shoppers. The Onix orange won international taste and innovation awards before arriving at Checkers supermarkets this season.
Ehime Prefecture's new Beni Princess citrus is so exceptional that Japan is strengthening agricultural protections nationwide. The sweet, perfectly-textured hybrid represents years of careful breeding in one of the world's premier citrus regions.
A Pennsylvania agricultural group is offering scholarships starting at $3,000 to students pursuing careers in the state's fruit industry. The program honors a beloved fruit grower known for lifting up his community.
Florida Southern College is bringing back historic citrus groves on campus to help solve one of the state's biggest agricultural challenges. The revived groves will serve as living laboratories where students learn cutting-edge techniques to fight citrus greening disease.
A retired businessman from Kerala tasted dragon fruit in the US and transformed his curiosity into a thriving orchard with over 20 unique varieties. Now he's supplying farmers across India and developing new breeds that could change the future of fruit farming.
South Africa just became the world's top citrus exporter, shipping a record 2.9 million tons of fruit and surpassing Spain for the first time in history. The milestone celebrates decades of agricultural innovation and positions the country as a rising star in global food trade.
South Africa just secured a major win for its citrus farmers with China relaxing export rules, opening the door wider to a market that already buys 11.5 million cartons of fruit annually. The breakthrough promises lower costs, better quality deliveries, and more jobs in a sector that already employs 140,000 people.
No yard? No problem. Urban gardeners are proving you can harvest fresh fruit from the smallest spaces with just containers and sunshine.
After four years of failed harvests, a Punjab farmer cracked the code on growing exotic dragon fruit organically. Now he's earning six figures and teaching 25,000 other farmers to do the same.
Indian farmers are turning to dragon fruit as a climate-smart crop that needs little water, produces for 20 years, and meets rising demand from health-conscious consumers. What started as an exotic import is now a homegrown success story reshaping farms across Gujarat, Karnataka, and Maharashtra.
A 64-year-old retired tax commissioner transformed his Delhi house into an urban oasis with 400 fruit trees growing over 40 varieties. His green haven fights pollution while inspiring others to bring nature into their own spaces.
A two-hour weekly commitment can bring hot meals and friendship to homebound seniors in Citrus County, Florida. The local Meals on Wheels program is seeking volunteer drivers to fill urgent gaps in service.
South Africa just opened a game-changing new market for its farmers, sending 20,000 cartons of premium plums to China with zero tariffs. This breakthrough could double the country's fruit exports and create thousands of rural jobs.
Farmers across India are transforming barren land into thriving dragon fruit farms, with some earning up to Rs 2 crore annually from this exotic crop. Their innovative techniques prove that with patience and the right approach, agricultural success can last decades.
Harvard and Princeton researchers have published the first complete wiring diagram of a fruit fly's entire nervous system, revealing how 160,000 neurons connect to control complex behaviors. The free online tool could unlock new understanding of how all nervous systems work.
An international team created the first complete wiring diagram of a fruit fly's nervous system, revealing that complex behaviors emerge from teamwork between brain and body circuits rather than a single command center. The breakthrough gives researchers a powerful new tool to understand how all nervous systems work.
Rwanda's Western Province is planting millions of fruit trees to tackle child malnutrition, with one district already putting 290,000 trees in the ground. The national initiative aims to give every household five fruit trees loaded with vitamins that could help cut child stunting rates.
Scientists in Israel used gene editing to remove the bitter taste from grapefruit, potentially opening the fruit to millions of new fans. The breakthrough could also save cold-weather citrus farming.
South Africa has overtaken Spain to become the world's largest citrus exporter by volume, shipping 2.9 million tons in 2025. The milestone celebrates decades of agricultural excellence and positions the nation as a key player in global food security.
Indonesian farmers are learning to fight a deadly citrus disease that could devastate Australia's $1 billion industry. This partnership is protecting crops on both sides of the ocean while improving food security for small farming families.
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