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Antonio Ortega García adjusts slabs of stone, divering water from the Río Grande (foreground) to an <em>acequia</em>.
architecture

Southern Spain's Ancient Water Network Sustains Life but Faces an Uncertain Future

"Sowing water" in this mountainous region has been crucial for people, crops, and biodiversity for more than a millennium.
Kira Walker May 17, 2022
Pembroke, Maine

Reversing Hall Agrarian Library

An agricultural research library housed in a former Odd Fellows Lodge.
Leydy Pech considers traditional Maya beekeeping an "ancestral" calling.
mayan

The Keeper of Sacred Bees Who Took on a Giant

To save her native Maya bees and their shrinking forests, Leydy Pech waged a fierce campaign on multiple fronts.
Gemma Tarlach March 23, 2022
Nardane Kuşçu in her storage room at Narköy.
farms

The Educator Stockpiling—and Sharing—Turkey's Heritage Seeds

You don't save agricultural traditions without swapping some seeds.
Katie Nadworny March 18, 2022
farms

Podcast: Rhubarb Triangle

Join us for a daily celebration of the world’s most wondrous, unexpected, even strange places.
The Podcast Team March 16, 2022
Murtoa Stick Shed
Murtoa, Australia

Murtoa Stick Shed

Though it may look like a Modernist cathedral, this structure was built to store massive quantities of grain during World War II.
Lindoso, Portugal

Espigueros of Lindoso

These narrow stone granaries have been used to store and dry out grain for hundreds of years.
An Indian laborer sorts amla, or Indian gooseberries, at a fruit market on the outskirts of Allahabad.
farms

Indian Millennials Are Flocking To Farms—and Traditional Ingredients

Amid COVID-19, some have swapped urban bustle for rural nostalgia.
Cheena Kapoor December 10, 2021
science

Podcast: Tree of 40 Fruits

Join us for a daily celebration of the world’s most wondrous, unexpected, even strange places.
The Podcast Team November 29, 2021
The Higby variety of the Hog Island Fig.
islands

The Surprising Resilience of the Hog Island Fig

Virginia's Eastern Shore has rallied around a sweet, centuries-old local delicacy.
Rachel Kester November 24, 2021
Arches of the Ru du Pan Perdu from below
Chatillon, Italy

Ru du Pan Perdu

For centuries this cliffside aqueduct was believed to be of Roman origin, but it actually dates to the medieval era.
List

18 Weird, Wondrous Places for Wine-Lovers Around the Globe

Delve into humanity’s age-old obsession with viticulture.
Diana Hubbell September 13, 2021
Blue Java bananas are so creamy that they’re sometimes called ice-cream bananas.
food

Why Is There Just One Top Banana?

The world is full of delicious alternatives, but most people have only tasted one kind.
Alex Mayyasi August 30, 2021
Ships under repair in Bermuda in 1871.
islands

Remembering When Bermuda Was an Onion Island

Mark Twain once called the allium the “pride and joy of Bermuda.”
Diana Hubbell August 25, 2021
Lord Randal Plunkett, seen in the company of his Jack Russell terriers, began rewilding the estate he inherited seven years ago.
film locations

Meet the Death Metal Baron Giving His Irish Estate Back to Nature

The carnivore-turned-vegan lord has rewilded hundreds of acres, boosting biodiversity—and drawing criticism.
Rory Carroll August 23, 2021
Tama Matsuoka Wong in a field of wild violets.
gardens

New Jersey's 'Meadow Doctor' Wants You to Eat Your Weeds

Tama Matsuoka Wong makes house calls to help people maintain their native grasslands.
Meagan Shelley August 16, 2021
An aerial view of a newly built <em>tolou keur</em> garden in Boki Diawe, within the Great Green Wall area, in Matam region, Senegal.
farms

Why Are Farmers in Senegal Creating Gardens That Look Like Crop Circles?

A new project emphasizes practical designs that may stave off desertification.
Jessica Leigh Hester August 6, 2021
In a false-color satellite image, the winding Büyük Menderes is a dark ribbon snaking through the Turkish countryside, with many oxbow lakes—created when the river changed course—visible.
science

The Curious Past and Uncertain Future of the Original 'Meander'

In southwestern Turkey, the winding Büyük Menderes River shaped human history. Now, it's humans who will carve its future course.
Gemma Tarlach August 4, 2021