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Agriculture

Ali frets for the future of the age-old olive tree.

In Palestine, Protecting One of the World's Oldest Olive Trees Is a 24/7 Job

Salah Abu Ali often sleeps beneath his ancient charge.

Jason Ruffin March 6, 2020

Behold: insect soup, pictured here under a dissecting microscope.

To Study Pesky Aphids, Scientists Suck Them From the Sky

Every summer and fall, giant vacuums gobble up insects for 13 hours a day.

Jessica Leigh Hester March 5, 2020

Permanently Closed

Sydney, Australia

Yerrabingin Farm

The world's first indigenous rooftop farm boasts 2,000 plants from more than 35 different native Australian species.

From the “Greenhouse” series.

Glowing Dutch Greenhouses, As Seen From Way Up High

Photographer Tom Hegen captures a bird's eye view of the future.

Winnie Lee January 28, 2020

Please respect the residents.

Oxford, England

Port Meadow

Legend says this public grazing area hasn't been plowed for thousands of years.

19th-century hardware shop.

Lincoln, England

Museum of Lincolnshire Life

The charming collection illustrates life in Lincolnshire in the 18th through 20th centuries.

The Japanese presence near Houston was commemorated in postcards.

How a Japanese Family Jumpstarted Rice Farming, Deep in the Heart of Texas

It was eventually stifled by nativism and border anxiety.

Isaac Schultz January 8, 2020

A row of stone monoliths, or moai, on Ahu Tongariki in Rapa Nui.

Easter Island's Monoliths Made the Crops Grow

By quarrying rock for the statues, the people of Rapa Nui fertilized the soil.

Reina Gattuso January 8, 2020

Rochester, Minnesota

Corn Water Tower

This water tower has been a staple of the Rochester skyline since 1931.

Diego Rivera's "The Allegory of California" mural

San Francisco, California

'The Allegory of California'

The first fresco Diego Rivera painted in the United States can be found in the former San Francisco Stock Exchange.

Tucson, Arizona

San Xavier Co-op Farm

Run by members of the Tohono O'odham Nation, this community farm nurtures traditional desert cultivars.

Quapaw, Oklahoma

Red Oak Steakhouse

The Quapaw tribe supplies the meat and produce in this Oklahoma casino restaurant.

The patchwork shows expanses of snow, interspersed with fields of corn that are toughing out the winter weather.

Endless Fields of Unharvested Corn, As Seen From Space

North Dakota's corn fields will spend the winter under a snowy blanket.

Jessica Leigh Hester December 11, 2019

Brooklyn, New York

Farm.One

Underneath the bustling city streets, a hydroponic farm grows unique herbs in an urban oasis.

Farmers on a <em>trajinera</em>, a traditional flat-bottomed river boat.

How to Feed a Megacity Like the Aztecs

The chinampas that nourished Tenochtitlan may hold the key to better urban gardens.

Reina Gattuso November 18, 2019

What could go wrong?

The 19th-Century French Frenzy for Species Swapping, in a Single Chart

Quaggas, ibises, and tapirs, oh my!

Jessica Leigh Hester October 17, 2019

An aerial view of a villager drying bamboo sticks to produce bamboo chopsticks in Ji'an, in China's Jiangxi Province, on October 11, 2019.

Picturing China's Bamboo Chopstick Industry From the Sky

Aerial views highlight a sliver of the huge business.

Jessica Leigh Hester October 15, 2019

Beach's team sampling the wetlands the Maya once cultivated.

Belize's Maya Drained Their Swamps to Make Farmland

Their wide-reaching wetland agriculture helped support the civilization.

Isaac Schultz October 8, 2019