QUASQUETON - A week ago, I noticed unusual activity in an 8-acre hayfield on the northeast corner of this Buchanan County town. Amid a monoculture of corn and soybeans, a dozen people with an odd ...

The global market for aronia berries is experiencing growth due to the rising demand for plant-based beverages. Health-conscious consumers and those following vegan diets are key drivers of this trend ...

While elderberry from Austria, acai from the Amazon, maqui from Patagonia and sea-buckthorn berry from Northern Asia have all made headlines as super berries packed with nutrition, a lesser known ...

Andrew Pittz has hundreds of aronia berry plants on his family's Sawmill Hollow farm in Missouri Valley, Iowa. A few years ago, few people had ever heard of the aronia berry, a pretty, but tart fruit.

A new fruit that research says packs more antioxidants than popular “superfoods” like blueberries, acai berries and goji berries is establishing itself in the aisles of mainstream grocery stores, ...

MISSOURI VALLEY, Iowa -- Health literature in the past has touted the benefits of the blueberry and cranberry. More recently, it's been the acai berry from Brazil. But there's a new berry making waves ...

If Teresa Santiago were standing on a basketball court rather than in an organic field in central Illinois, her moves would go down in history as a triple-double. Santiago is the largest aronia grower ...

MISSOURI VALLEY, Iowa (AP) -- A new fruit that research says packs more antioxidants than popular "superfoods" like blueberries, acai berries and goji berries is establishing itself in the aisles of ...

MISSOURI VALLEY, Iowa (AP) — A new fruit that research says packs more antioxidants than popular "superfoods" like blueberries, acai berries and goji berries is establishing itself in the aisles of ...