FLAGLER COUNTY, Fla. – The end of summer marks the beginning of saw palmetto season, where the plant is in full bloom and the berries are plentiful. Picking the fruit on county-owned land is illegal, ...

Saw palmetto berries are harvested for their medicinal properties. Saw palmetto supplements are more accepted as a treatment in Europe. The $150 million industry is expected to double by the 2030s.

HOBE SOUND — Sam Allcock and Drew Reardon purchased a crate in August containing about 1,000 pounds of green, yellow and dark-indigo saw palmetto berries. Allcock picked out a ripe berry from the ...

Saw palmetto berry pickers, trapesing into the Florida wilds to nab those small purple-black drupes this past year, had a lot more to be concerned with than in years passed. A new state law ...