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Winona, Missouri
Klepzig Mill
This small turbine mill along Rocky Creek was built in 1928
horticulture
Southern Spain’s ‘Sea of Plastic’ May Actually Cool the Local Climate
The world’s largest array of greenhouses has transformed the region economically, and in other, unforeseen ways.
Sebastopol, California
Luther Burbank Experiment Farm
Home to an apple tree that can produce 25 different varieties of fruit.
trees
How Baghdad’s Backyards Are Bringing Back Iraqi Dates
A company is using garden trees to revive an ancient industry.
science
This Bogotá Market Comes Alive Only at Night, Full of Ancient Plant Lore and Astonishing Biodiversity
Farmers and foragers set up at sunset to sell hundreds of species valued in traditional medicine and ritual.
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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.
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What Happened to Montreal’s Legendary Melon?
A medley of efforts, and one abbey's monks, may bring back the forgotten fruit.
Baarle-Nassau, Netherlands
Melkfabriek de Hoop
This building once stood at the center of a butter war.
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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.
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The Educator Stockpiling—and Sharing—Turkey's Heritage Seeds
You don't save agricultural traditions without swapping some seeds.
food
The Fight to Save Chile's Glorious White Strawberry
The ancestor of the big red strawberry is in peril.
food
The Farming Colony That Grew Under the Midnight Sun
How the New Deal seeded giant vegetables in Alaska.
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The ‘Torture Orchard’ Is a Testing Ground for the Coming Climate Crisis
Which trees will live and which ones will die?
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.
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Podcast: Maine’s Burning Blueberry Fields
Join us for a daily celebration of the world’s most wondrous, unexpected, even strange places.
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Seoul, South Korea
Metro Farm
Some of the freshest vegetables in Seoul are grown in a subway station.
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Remembering When Bermuda Was an Onion Island
Mark Twain once called the allium the “pride and joy of Bermuda.”
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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.
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