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Itanoní

In a quiet residential neighborhood, one restaurant fights to preserve heirloom corn, one tortilla at a time.

Chef Brian Yazzie says your pantry is likely full of indigenous American ingredients, such as canned corn and dried beans.

The Chef Bringing Native American Flavors to Communities in Quarantine

For Brian Yazzie, the COVID-19 pandemic evokes a history of smallpox, European colonization, and indigenous resilience.

Reina Gattuso March 27, 2020

Pozontle paired with another market stand's garnachas.

La Pozontlería

One of the city's few vendors selling the Sierra Norte's ancestral beverage lies within a hidden farmers market.

Rochester, Minnesota

Corn Water Tower

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

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

Sacred Seeds' 2018 spring planting.

The Promise and Perils of Resurrecting Native Americans’ Lost Crops

Who owns ancient seeds?

Reina Gattuso April 4, 2019

Corn Knives

Early American settlers invented new tools to harvest a new crop.

Center pivot irrigation at work northeast of Adams, Nebraska.

Americans Have Planted So Much Corn That It's Changing the Weather

The Corn Belt is making it rain.

Eric J. Wallace December 3, 2018

MOFAD's puffing gun in action.

The Puffing Gun

Many popular cereals exploded out of its chamber and into existence.

A popcorn-powered robot actuator successfully grips a balloon.

How to Make a Robot Move, Using Popcorn

The future is now and it’s happening, appropriately, at Cornell University.

Cara Giaimo August 7, 2018

Vibrant corn produces vibrant colors.

Saving Mexico's Heirloom Corn With Gorgeous Furniture

Corn husks get the star treatment.

Anne Ewbank July 31, 2018

Sofkee

This Native American sour corn mixture can come as a cool drink or warm porridge.

Api Morado

Cold mornings in the Andean Highlands are best met with a steaming cup of this sweet, purple drink.

Mellow Corn Whiskey

Long relegated to moonshine jars, aged corn whiskey is finally getting respect outside Kentucky.

The grains of corn have been compared to gems or even jelly beans.

Glass Gem Corn

This jewel-like corn became an internet sensation.

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

Ugali with Termites

Kenya's classic corn porridge becomes the ideal pairing for crunchy, roasted insects.

Tejate

Oaxaca's favorite morning beverage is an ancient blend of cacao, corn flour, and water.