A rose to Andrew Pittz, 28, of Missouri Valley, the driving force behind the emergence of a promising new crop for Midwest farmers — a plant called the aronia berry, also once known as the common ...

A lovely and low-maintenance year-round shrub, black chokeberry develops bluish black fruit that songbirds eat in fall and ...

It’s even more understandable considering the bitter taste of the fruit of this North American shrub. One bite and you are sure to choke. Until it’s properly ripe, the chokeberry is so bitter even the ...