RED LAKE FALLS, Minn. - It began as a family project to generate extra money to help the children pay for college. Fifteen years later, stalk by stalk, plant by plant, it supplies asparagus to ...

RED LAKE FALLS, Minn. - It began as a family project to generate extra money to help the children pay for college. Fifteen years later, stalk by stalk, plant by plant, it supplies asparagus to ...

I love asparagus. As a child, I refused to eat this vegetable that my mother loved, but after years of trying she would be happy to hear that it is one of my favorite vegetables, along with those ...

California farmers once grew 36,000 acres of asparagus. Now, fewer than 3,000 acres are devoted to it in the state. How did we get here? It was a late March morning and dozens of women and men ...

BELLEVILLE, Ill. — Eckert’s Farm, the family farm and country store in Belleville, Illinois, announced that this week's extreme cold forced the harvest of its asparagus. But all is not lost. In fact, ...

What's your favorite time of year? That would be right now, when the local asparagus harvest begins. Asparagus is available all year round, but in spring it's at its most affordable and delicious. At ...

Bring on the springtime vegetables! Of course, in Northern Michigan, this includes nutrient-packed asparagus. As the harvest season for asparagus quickly approaches, we chat with Harry Norconck of ...

During the first weeks of spring, farm workers begin arriving at Schreiber Farms before the sun rises. Together in a parking lot, they get their assignments for the day — they’ll either cut asparagus ...