YUBA CITY, Calif. -- Pity the poor prune. Celebrated for years as one of California's most important crops, the prune this year will find itself on the sidelines, wrinkled, dried out and ignored.

Wrinkles can be cool – if you’re a prune. Many of us have had a long love affair with our crinkly, locally grown prunes, even if they weren’t considered the coolest fruit in the bunch. But that’s ...

(BPT) – Seeking more plant-based options for healthy aging? This approach is right on track with the 2020-2025 U.S. Dietary Guidelines for Americans (DGA) that advocate for greater fruit and vegetable ...

Rich Peterson has seen some dramatic changes in the California prune business since he joined the California Dried Plum Board more than two decades ago. Back then, California growers produced more ...

FRESNO (AP) -- California's plum growers are receiving a boost from the federal government, which is purchasing $26 million worth of prunes for food banks and nutrition programs. The purchase is part ...

What’s in a name? With apologies to Shakespeare’s rose garden: “A prune by any other name would taste as good!” In 2000, the California Prune Board was actively pressuring the Food and Drug ...