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Agriculture

Chit Sisanom stands with Lola the buffalo and a cup of ice cream at Laos Buffalo Dairy.

How Laos Got Its First Buffalo Dairy Farm

First, two friends rented a buffalo.

Timi Siytangco June 27, 2018

Interior of a winery with large casks, Los Angeles, c. 1910.

The Gnarled History of Los Angeles's Vineyards

It was once known as the “city of vines.”

Paula Mejia June 25, 2018

Fire is a new addition to the farmer's toolbox.

Organic Farmers Are Using Flamethrowers to Weed Their Fields

Burn, broadleaf weeds, burn!

Anne Ewbank June 6, 2018

Antoine Parmentier painted by François Dumont in 1812.

History’s Greatest Potato Promoter Relied on Science and Stunts

Before Antoine-Augustin Parmentier, the French considered the tuber disgusting and poisonous.

Jim Clarke June 6, 2018

Hervé Garnier poses with a bottle of wine from Beaumont.

The Rebellious French Village Making Wine Banned by the E.U.

Beaumont's beloved, black market wine is made with outlawed American vines.

Eric J. Wallace June 4, 2018

The Dummett Plantation ruins.

Ormond Beach, Florida

Dummett Sugar Mill Ruins

The ruins of a once-thriving sugarcane plantation that was burned in the Second Seminole War.

Peko Jumalamägi.

Peko

A wooden statue of an Estonian pagan god and King of the Setos stands atop a sacred hill.

Ruteng, Indonesia

Spider Web Rice Fields

The unique design was created by the traditional way communal rice paddies were divided among the indigenous people.

Egg of the Sun mangoes (price in yen).

Egg of the Sun Mango

How can a fruit be worth $2,000?

Aerial view of the Amazon Rainforest, near Manaus, the capital of the Brazilian state of Amazonas.

Soil and Satellites Are Telling a New Story About Ancient Civilizations in the Amazon

With new technologies, scientists are looking for clues in manmade “terra preta.”

Katarina Zimmer March 20, 2018

The entrance to the now iconic Seed Vault at dusk, with its illuminated artwork over the door.

The Svalbard Global Seed Vault Awaits Its Millionth Crop Deposit

Bambara groundnuts, black-eyed peas, and Estonian onion potato seeds are headed to the bank.

Natasha Frost February 26, 2018

Date shakes from Hadley Fruit Orchards.

Palm Springs Date Shakes

The prosperous Southern California date industry produces delicious milkshakes.

Wild poinsettia in Thailand.

Wild Poinsettias Can Grow Eight Feet Tall

A diplomat, a scientist, and a farmer tamed the blazing red plant into a commercial juggernaut.

Sarah Laskow December 21, 2017

One of Full Grown's protoype chairs.

A Forest of Furniture Is Growing in England

A decade-long plan is finally approaching fruition.

Sarah Laskow December 13, 2017

The gates of the former Bassett POW Camp.

Joiner, Arkansas

Bassett POW Camp

On the side of Arkansas' Great River Road stand the remains of a forgotten World War II POW Camp.

These apples all have the same parents.

Every Apple You Eat Took Years and Years to Make

"Feel free to spit."

Sarah Laskow October 20, 2017

The theatre.

Colony of Santa Eulalia

An abandoned socialist utopia built in the late 19th century.

A drone flying over the Hands Free Hectare.

From Seed to Harvest, This Field of Barley Was Grown Without Human Intervention

Programmed tractors, autonomous drones, and the future of farming.

Vittoria Traverso October 2, 2017