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Agriculture

The beautiful, renovated "cow chapel" at the Kruger-Rumpf winery.

The Beauty and Brilliance of Germany's 'Cow Chapels'

“The shape of the interior feels sacred, but it’s not. It’s where the cows were fed.”

Christie Dietz August 17, 2023

A bronze plaque with a rooster mounted on an upright granite stone

Little Compton, Rhode Island

Rhode Island Red Monument

A tribute to Rhode Island's state bird, a domesticated chicken breed that dominated the 19th-century poultry industry.

Cutting spaghetti squash across its short end results in longer "noodles."

How Spaghetti Squash Squiggled Its Way Onto American Tables

It took a shift in food culture for consumers to embrace the "noodle plant."

Andrew Coletti July 27, 2023

Ellsworth, Maine

Big Chicken Barn

It's a repurposed treasure trove of history, located just an hour away from Acadia National Park.

Water Gap

The site of an improbable and ill-fated attempt to use dammed floodwaters for irrigation.

Olympic Valley, California

Whiskey Creek Camp

A well-preserved sheepherding camp now lies in the heart of the Granite Chief Wilderness, in the high Sierra Nevada.

Tilley, Alberta

Brooks Aqueduct

Built to supply water to farmers in Alberta, this was once was the world's longest elevated concrete structure.

The Asparagus Fairy, St. George, and Gus the Asparagus Man pose with a "hundred" of asparagus.

Is This the World’s Most Beloved Asparagus?

"Vale gras" has a passionate fanbase.

Angela Youngman June 20, 2023

Pittston, Pennsylvania

Quality Tomato Capital of the World Statue

Since the 1930s, this Pennsylvania town has celebrated the humble tomato.

Podcast: Chile Pepper Institute

How New Mexico became a chile pepper wonderland.

The Podcast Team May 19, 2023

St. Malo, perhaps the oldest Asian community in the United States, as depicted in an 1883 report by <em>Harper’s Weekly</em>.

7 Must-Read Stories to Mark AAPI Heritage Month

Some of our favorite tales of tragedy, joy, protest, love, and surfing.

April White May 17, 2023

Bonfires and revelry dominate modern Beltane celebrations, but the origins of the event are more mundane.

Beltane Is About More Than Fire and Fertility

The ancient “Celtic” start of summer is rooted in animal husbandry—and it’s not on May 1.

Gemma Tarlach April 28, 2023

Podcast: The Last Wild Apple Groves

Granny Smiths and Fujis can both be traced back to Kazakhstan, where apples still grow wild.

The Podcast Team April 26, 2023

One of the founders of Israel's Tractor Museum, the late Gideon Grosman, restores a small Murray plow.

How Farmers Are Preserving Israel’s Disappearing Agricultural Legacy—One Tractor At a Time

At the Tractor Museum, every machine has a story.

Gitit Ginat April 25, 2023

In the Caribbean's Lesser Antilles archipelago, this aerial shot from April 2015 shows sargassum seaweed creeping toward a beach on Grande-Terre, which is part of the island of Guadeloupe, one of France's overseas <em>départements</em>.

10 Photos of Seaweed Blobs That Will Blow Your Mind

As a supersized sargassum bloom heads toward Florida and the Caribbean, we take a closer look at past big blobs.

Sarah Durn April 5, 2023

Tsakoniki Melitzana

This sweet, slender eggplant grows only in a Greek valley.

'Australian Farmer'

Wudinna, Australia

'Australian Farmer'

A representation of the region's rich agrarian history.

Andrus, with his farmhands.

The Duck Brigade Behind a Farmer's Plentiful Rice Harvest

Erik Andrus is bringing the Japanese art of aigamo to Vermont.

Jillian Dara January 19, 2023