With the annual Parker County Peach Festival scheduled for this coming Saturday, July 14, I am reminded of all the wonderful fruit, melons and produce that have been raised here in Parker County over the past decades, and how the county established widespread recognition as a major peach producer. With the annual Parker County Peach Festival scheduled for this coming Saturday, July 14, I am reminded of all the wonderful fruit, melons and produce that have been raised here in Parker County...

While this will not work well with fruity meals, it is excellent with casseroles and pancakes. The Melon Patch is a favorite on summer days with a fruit salad filled with cherries, melons, pineapple and apples. Having both grapefruit and orange juice on hand will give your guests a choice between this cocktail and a Screwdriver. Topping the coffee with whipped cream also adds a little elegance to the average coffee mug and lessens the taste of the whiskey. This peachy drink works well with...

But the growers who have made this mountainous region the core of apple-growing in Pennsylvania worry that they face a new challenge that may be too big to overcome and could change their way of life. Farmers have been growing apples here since before the Civil War; and as times have changed, they have changed with them, planting smaller trees to speed up harvests and growing popular new varieties to satisfy changing tastes. Were facing a threat that weve never faced before in terms of...

A withering, record-breaking freeze early Sunday devastated the state's peach and apple orchards just as tiny buds of fruit started to appear and may have damaged the blueberry crop, growers said Monday. Jim Nesbitt, Staff Writer Easter weekend's killing cold may make it harder and pricier for North Carolinians to pursue a rite of late spring and early summer - buying fresh, home-grown fruit from a farmers market or roadside stand. Supermarket prices will stay relatively stable, insulated...

By Samuel Dangremond Inquirer Staff Writer ELIZABETH ROBERTSON / Inquirer Staff Photographer Clayton Jarvis, 8, inspects a tomato , joined by Alan (left), 11, and Michael, 6, as their father, Tom Jarvis, backs up a tractor behind them at Springdale Farms in Cherry Hill. By Samuel Dangremond Inquirer Staff Writer ELIZABETH ROBERTSON / Inquirer Staff Photographer Clayton Jarvis, 8, inspects a tomato , joined by Alan (left), 11, and Michael, 6, as their father, Tom Jarvis, backs up a tractor...

Market coordinator Monica Ball and other organizers of the Delaware Township sponsored market want the rules changed to encourage the people they call "garden farmers. It's not very farm friendly," said Ball, who raises children, chickens, fruits and vegetables on her family's 7 acres in Delaware Township. She's hoping to bring together state lawmakers, local farmers and state health and agriculture representatives to draft new regulations that balance the need for safe foods with the...