A Dutch company, Tumoba, built it for them. Last week, the world got a look at the first working parsnip harvester. The Weldons’ machine works on tracks and runs on auto-pilot. With its help ...

A parsnip is like a pasty-faced, overweight carrot, ancient and unrefined. The difference is hardly one of pedigree: The carrot began as the skinny white root of the Queen Anne's lace plant ...