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Halle (Saale), Germany

Museum of Livestock Science

A beautiful old horse stable hosts one of the largest collections of domestic animal skeletons and taxidermy.
Sacred Seeds' 2018 spring planting.
farms

The Promise and Perils of Resurrecting Native Americans’ Lost Crops

Who owns ancient seeds?
Reina Gattuso April 4, 2019
Olive and banana trees stand tall over broad bean fields.
forests

The Moroccan Food Forest That Inspired an Agricultural Revolution

These ancient forest gardens may be more relevant than ever.
Eric J. Wallace April 1, 2019
Monks Mound at Cahokia.
food

How Did Cahokian Farmers Feed North America’s Largest Indigenous City?

Native American farming was more sophisticated than your history textbook told you.
Reina Gattuso March 28, 2019
Mmmmmm, antioxidants.
farms

Scientists Found That You Can Grow Better Blueberries by Ditching the Fertilizer

And adding grass.
Evan Nicole Brown March 12, 2019
The remains of the tree.
trees

The Life of a Historic Los Angeles Tree Comes to an End

For 144 years, it lived at El Pueblo de Los Angeles, the site where the city was founded in the 18th century.
Jonathan Carey March 12, 2019
Professor Ayeni shows off the project's peppers.
food

This Professor’s Hot Peppers Give New Jersey’s Immigrants a Taste of Home

The Exotic Pepper Project helps local farmers meet the diverse state's demand for heat.
Reina Gattuso February 25, 2019
William E. Whitehouse, surrounded by images of pistachios.
trees

America's Pistachio Industry Came From a Single Seed

A "plant explorer" helped establish the crop in California.
Anne Ewbank February 11, 2019
Black Tulip Museum main entrance.
Lisse, Netherlands

Black Tulip Museum

A journey through 430 years of bulbiculture in the Netherlands.
Misfat al Abriyyin, Oman

Misfat al Abriyyin

Traditional architecture and ancient irrigation systems are on display in this gorgeous mountain village.
Broiler chickens have a biomass greater than all other wild bird species combined.
food

Humanity as We Know It Will Be Defined by the Broiler Chicken

The legacy we’re leaving behind looks like a post-apocalyptic KFC.
Abbey Perreault December 19, 2018
Lakkatura Tea Garden
Sylhet, Bangladesh

Lakkatura Tea Garden

One of the largest and most scenic of Bangladesh's tea gardens.
Transplanting blueberry seedlings at the University of Florida.
science

The Tooth-Rotting Trials of Building Better-Tasting Berries

How new flavors are created and killed.
Abbey Perreault November 14, 2018
Honeybees, feeding off uncapped honey.
monks

What Does It Take to Breed a New Honeybee?

One monk bred a "superbee."
Anne Ewbank November 14, 2018
Pavel Tveretinov (left) and Vitaliy Yeroshenko of California were arrested in 2017 after law enforcement officials found thousands of beehives, worth nearly one million dollars, some stolen from orchards hundreds of miles apart.
insects

California’s Almond Harvest Has Created a Golden Opportunity for Bee Thieves

Hives have never been more valuable.
Byard Duncan October 10, 2018
Bravo shows off a collection of cultivated tubers.
farms

The Potato Whisperer

Manuel Choqque Bravo’s delicious, colorful creations are adored by world-class chefs.
Alona Martinez October 4, 2018
The germplasm reserve at the Ejere Farming Community Seed Bank, one of many local facilities the Ethiopian Biodiversity Institute works with.
science

This Seed Bank Preserves Biodiversity by Opening Its Doors to Farmers

The Ethiopian institution pioneered a new model.
Eric J. Wallace October 3, 2018
Big Daddy's Complete Rejuvenating Community Garden.
Emeryville, California

Big Daddy's Complete Rejuvenating Community Garden

This small oasis of flora and art was created in remembrance of a local auto business owner.