It's a moral dilemma: You're walking around the neighborhood, in the middle of the day, temperatures blazing. You're sweaty, thirsty and in need of a refreshment. You look ahead and, like a miracle, a ...

Now is the time of year when flowers are in bloom and fruits are ripening. If vegetation or flowers are growing on public property, then its usually permissible to pick it. However, if you see a bloom ...

Earlier this year, we asked readers whether it’s ever OK to take fruit from someone else’s tree. Roughly half of the 800 people who responded came down in favor of helping themselves to fruit hanging ...

It's getting to be that time of year: Apples are growing, blackberries have ripened – and pretty soon, you'll be able to find piles of smashed, rotten, unpicked fruit on a city sidewalk or in a ...

Farming is undergoing a remarkable transformation thanks to cutting-edge technologies reshaping how fruit is picked and handled. While autonomous drones like Tevel’s Flying Robots are already ...

She’s the kind of neighbor we all wish we had—flowers blooming, fruit trees thriving, and buckets of fresh harvests generously left out for passersby. But after one well-intentioned yes to a ...

The temptation to pick a freshly ripened apple from an overhanging tree on someone's property is strong. But behind the allure of that sweet, delicious taste in that first bite lies a legal question: ...