Florida produces more watermelon than any other state, accounting for 34% of the nation's supply. Indian River County, once a citrus hub, now sees numerous repurposed school buses transporting ...

The boots of Cal Hucks kick up dust as he walks through the powdery soil on a patch of farmland five football fields long awaiting nearly 300,000 watermelon seedlings to be planted in the coming hours ...

MONTICELLO — Each year, Jason Vinson prepares his field: he tills the soil, plants his watermelons in rows. Over the next few months, the vines begin to sprawl across the field, then yellow blossoms — ...

OCALA, Fla. (AP) — Mexico’s consulate in central Florida was working Wednesday to support a community of farmworkers after a highway collision killed eight Mexican citizens and injured 40 other people ...

PANAMA CITY BEACH, Fla. — A Florida woman made an odd yet refreshing find in one of the trees in her backyard — a watermelon. Mariko Thayer has a green thumb, growing lemons, tangerines and pineapples ...