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Pumpkin patch in Bryan, Texas, on Sept. 30, 2021, in San Antonio. (Laura McKenzie/Texas A&M AgriLife Marketing and Communications)
Home and Family, Horticulture, Horticulture, Outdoors

It’s science: Why a pumpkin is actually a fruit

People typically consider something as either a fruit or a vegetable based on how they eat it rather than how it grows. Read More

Person hand putting a tray with banana slices into a food dehydrator machine. (iStock │ #1332723385 - Ekaterina79)
Food Safety, Home and Family

Dehydrated foods gaining in popularity

Adorable toddler girl eating healthy cereal with milk for breakfast. (Adobe Stock │ #280012267 - Irina Schmidt)
Health & Wellness, Home and Family

If breakfast is the most important meal of the day, why aren’t more eating it?

How to help your chickens beat the heat 

  • July 21, 2025
  • By Lacey Vilhauer
Wheat harvest (Photo: Alissa Weece)

Disruption ahead: Tariffs, retaliation and trade wars

  • March 14, 2025
  • By Sara Wyant
Bowl with hot honey, dry chili peppers, garlic and fried chicken wings on table (Photo: Adobe Stock │ #440769365 - Pixel-Shot)

It’s swicy: Sweet and spicy

  • December 11, 2024
  • By Amy Johnston │ University of Minnesota Extension
Breakfast charcuterie board. (Photo courtesy of Family Features.)

Create a family-friendly grazing board 

  • May 18, 2024
  • By hpj-editorial
Assortment of dry fruits and nuts. (Photo: iStock - happy_lark)

Fruit, nut gifts should be refrigerated to maintain quality

  • December 14, 2023
  • By K-State Research and Extension news service
Slice of pumpkin pie with whipped cream on top, traditional fall dessert for Thanksgiving (Photo: iStock - VeselovaElena)

Healthy Holidays

  • November 14, 2023
  • By Pat Melgares │ K-State Research and Extension
Pumpkins come in many different colors in addition to orange, and they are found in a variety of shapes and sizes. (Photo courtesy of National Garden Bureau Inc.)

Are pumpkins a fruit or a vegetable?

  • October 9, 2023
  • By Adam Russell │ Texas A&M AgriLife

Great Plains Growers Conference set for Jan. 13-14

  • December 27, 2022
  • By hpj-editorial
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