With high-profile sporting events, world-class golf and extended families visiting their newly transplanted relatives, tourism also contributes to the Valley’s successful food industry.

WASHINGTON - Wholesale prices fell by 0.3 percent in June, the biggest decline in a year, as energy and food costs retreated. Big industry production was down as well, suggesting the economy hit a rough patch.

WASHINGTON - Wholesale inflation plunged by the largest amount in more than three years in September as a record drop in gasoline prices offset higher costs for cars and other items. And in a sign of a slowing economy, industrial output dropped by the largest amount in a year.

Arizona is gaining momentum to become the nation’s fastest growing restaurant market, according to a national report released in the Valley Monday.

Looking for a job this time of year doesn’t always mean temporary employment, and one industry offers full and part-time work in an environment that may include the holiday spirit.

“Food, Inc.,” a new documentary about the nation’s food industry, should be required viewing for every American.

LUBBOCK, Texas - As Americans feast on Thanksgiving meals, the agriculture industry and workers who supplied the bounty have a plateful of worries.

The federal government intends to jump-start the fledgling biofuels industry in the name of national security.

I'm feeling a bit sad and nostalgic this week after reporting that Rock Bottom Restaurant & Brewery will be closing its doors Saturday, June 25 after serving the Ahwatukee Foothills area since 1999.

I'm feeling a bit sad and nostalgic this week after reporting that Rock Bottom Restaurant & Brewery will be closing its doors Saturday, June 25 after serving the Ahwatukee Foothills area since 1999.

Tom Patrick is the E.F. Hutton of Arizona golf. When the founding father of the state’s watchdog Golf Industry Association speaks, people listen.

FRESNO, Calif. — Border agents have stepped up searches and hundreds of traps have been placed on the California-Mexico line in an aggressive campaign to stop a tiny bug from bringing in a disease farmers say could wipe out the $1.3 billion citrus industry here.

Whole Foods Market, a chain of organic grocery stores, is staging a major expansion in the Valley, starting with new locations in Chandler and Scottsdale.

Got a freezer?

With the shelves of United Food Bank nearly empty, the bank is asking for the public’s help to refill it with donations.

The state's top health official is going to Washington to convince federal officials that a candy bar does not deserve the same legal status as cauliflower.

WASHINGTON - The recent outbreak of E. coli in spinach from California exposed a weakness in the nation's food chain: A system that quickly delivers meat, fruits and vegetables to consumers just as easily can spread potentially deadly bacteria.

Don't be surprised if you start thinking about gas while you're buying food.

So we’re standing at the counter of our local fast-food restaurant and my kids order burgers, fries and Cokes. Supersized.

When organic grocery giant Whole Foods opened its Chandler location Friday, it wasn’t lacking competition.

Two high-profile Tempe properties that never met their potential now have new owners who plan to revive them.