Japanese consumers don’t have to hear about the increasing popularity of the Shine Muscat through the grapevine, but can see it in the clusters of yellow-green grapes packing produce sections.

A grape variety called Shine Muscat is helping to change perceptions that farming isn’t lucrative, say officials in Yamanashi Prefecture. That may explain a surge in new mostly young farmers to ...

Gim, the Korean seaweed snack also known as dried laver, is more expensive than ever—yet tons of its raw ingredient are being ...