Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. 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 ...

It takes an asparagus plant two years or more to grow to the point that you can harvest the spears. When we shop for asparagus at the store or farmers market, it only takes seconds to decide which ...

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 ...