Despite record-size produce and a huge fishing industry, Alaska faces food insecurity. New farmers are building local food systems.

Every fall, pumpkin growers haul their record-breaking giants onto scales, with some pumpkins weighing more than 2,700 pounds (1,225 kilograms). Yet the world's largest apple barely reaches 4 pounds ...

Tim Parks stands in front of his tractor before giving a presentation Saturday on growing giant pumpkins at Parks Garden Center in Canfield. He said the garden center has about 12 acres for growing ...

Pumpkins play a significant part in many annual fall traditions, from Halloween decorations to Thanksgiving desserts. They are synonymous with the time of year, and most households cannot do without ...

Every fall, Robert Cox and his family get a thrill when a family friend spies one of their pumpkins for sale at a Walmart in Alaska. It’s a long way from the 650-acre Eastern Washington farm spot ...

Don't throw away your the seeds from your decorative pumpkins or jack-o'-lanterns this year! Pumpkins are famously easy to grow at home, and you can save yourself a trip to the pumpkin patch next year ...

Is there anything more idyllic during fall than spotting a field full of orange pumpkins? Or seeing a front yard festooned with rows of them? Pumpkins rightfully steal the show during the autumn ...

The fall and pumpkins are synonymous, but that wasn’t always the case. The jack-o’-lantern tradition began in Ireland and Scotland with turnips. At the time, pumpkins weren’t present in the area, and ...