Peak tomato season — July through September here on the East Coast — is almost upon us, and the anticipation is palpable. Before we know it, those super sweet, juicy fruits, grown outdoors ...

When Scott Beylik’s grandfather started the now four-acre Beylik Family Farms in Fillmore in the 1970s, it was a radical idea to grow tomatoes indoors without soil. Back then, they were pioneers of ...

You can be a farmer right in the comfort of your living room! With hydroponics, fresh herbs and veggies are in reach year round, even in confined spaces.

Hydroponic farming — the technique Beylik farms with — uses as little as 10% of the water traditional systems use to grow tomatoes and other field crops. “We’re pretty precise.

With the hydroponic tomato garden, she can enjoy that fresh treat any time of the year, not just at the end the summer when the red fruits are ripening outdoors. Nothing beats the taste of a ...

Beth Tucker has been around farming all her life. But adapting to today’s technology has helped Tucker grow better products year-round.

“We can grow five times as many plants in this space as we could outdoors,” McCall says. Since the project started, the church estimates Soulfood has produced 25 tons of fruit.

Peak tomato season — July through September here on the East Coast — is almost upon us, and the anticipation is palpable. Before we know it, those super sweet, juicy fruits, grown outdoors ...