Mac Sanders, standing in one of the fields on his St. Helena farm in an endless sea of tomatoes, carefully makes a thin incision into a tomato’s green flesh, checking its seedy innards for ripeness.

Ashley Randle, commissioner of the Massachusetts Department of Agricultural Resources, holds up one of the contenders in the "heaviest tomato" category. (Arielle Gray/ WBUR) Commercial tomato growers ...

This week, a team of specialists hit the fields across Rowan County to assess the presence of Tomato Spotted Wilt Virus (TSWV) and help local farmers make informed decisions about tomato variety ...

STEELE, Alabama (WVTM) — Chad Smith and his family have owned this Steele, Alabama, tomato farm for more than half of a century. He claims this month’s regular monsoons are damaging his livelihood.

My family has been farming tomatoes in Florida for 75 years. We’ve weathered hurricanes, recessions, labor shortages, you name it. But nothing has done more damage to our farms and our way of life ...