Three Mexican-American Vintners Tell Their Stories
Alex Llamas, Gustavo Brambila and Amelia Ceja arrived as migrant workers and today thrive as entrepreneurs in the California wine industry
Five Roles Robots Will Play in the Future of Farming
From picking fruit to pulling weeds, robotics are bringing precision farming to life
Beekeepers Seek to Save Honeybees From a Colony-Invading Pest
Facing the scourge of a parasitic Asian mite, commercial beekeepers are trying to breed a resistant strain of honeybee, but other threats loom
North America Has Lost Nearly 3 Billion Birds Since 1970
The staggering population loss of 29 percent of North American birds could signal an ecological crisis
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From Skinning Coconuts to Tire Recycling, This Photographer Captures Vietnam at Work
Huynh Thanh Huy presents a striking portrait of a nation undergoing a dramatic shift from agriculture to manufacturing
When the Socialist Revolution Came to Oklahoma—and Was Crushed
Inside the little-known story of the Green Corn Rebellion, which blazed through the Sooner State a century ago
Cherokee Indians Can Now Harvest Sochan Within a National Park
For the first time, the indigenous community is allowed to gather the cherished plant on protected land
Prehistoric Farmers’ Teeth Show Humans Were Drinking Animal Milk 6,000 Years Ago
A new study suggests Neolithic Britons processed raw milk to reduce its lactose content
The Government Taste Testers Who Reshaped America’s Diet
In the 1930s, a forgotten federal bureau experimented with ways to make soy and other products more popular in the U.S.
The Pioneering Female Botanist Who Sweetened a Nation and Saved a Valley
One of India’s finest plant scientists, Janaki Ammal spurred her country to protect its rich tropical diversity
Apollo at 50: We Choose to Go to the Moon
Apollo 11 Mission Memorialized With 2,200 Pounds of Butter
A buttery Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin and Michael Collins, along with a couple cows, are on display at the Ohio State Fair
Heat Waves Could Kill Thousands of People in U.S. Cities if Climate Goals Aren’t Met
A new study calculates that as temperatures increase, up to 5,800 people will die in New York and 2,400 in L.A. during the hottest years
Archaeologists Discover Some of the Amazon’s Oldest Human Burials
As early as 10,000 years ago, humans created settlements on elevated forest mounds in parts of southwestern Amazonia
Ancient Urine Reveals Timeline of Turkey’s Agricultural Revolution
Researchers studied urine salt deposits to map out the history of animal domestication at Turkey’s Aşıklı Höyük settlement
Researcher Identifies the Last Living Survivor of the Transatlantic Slave Trade
Redoshi was 12 when she was kidnapped and sold to the crew of the Clotilda
Healthy Baby Lambs Born Using World’s Oldest Sperm
Ram semen survived 50 years frozen in liquid nitrogen, matched insemination success rate of sperm frozen for just one year
The Ability to Pronounce ‘F’ and ‘V’ Sounds Might Have Evolved Along With Diet
As our ancestors began eating softer agricultural foods, the shape of the human jaw and the sounds we make may have changed as well
Italy May Need to Import Olive Oil After Extreme Weather Decimates Local Crops
This year’s harvest is down 57 percent, and may force the nation to import its treasured olive oil from other parts of the Mediterranean
In Search of George Washington Carver’s True Legacy
The famed agriculturalist deserves to be known for much more than peanuts
More Than Half of All Coffee Species Are at Risk of Extinction
The popular Arabica bean, used in such rich blends as Java, is amongst the species threatened by climate change, deforestation
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