Researchers are developing robots that promise to automate a process that has always relied on human workers—and bees.

The orchard at the end of Madsen Lane in Sebastopol looks feral. Its apple trees, planted in the 1950s, are sparse; the gaping yards between them make it clear that many have died. Woodpeckers have ...

Smithfield Foods' CEO says he hopes that everything the company has done to make working in its plants more attractive ever ...

Winter is the ideal time of the year to prune many trees. The branches are bare which makes it easier to see the overall ...