A group of scientists intentionally planted corn misfits to perpetuate the wide array of genetic variation in the Midwest’s ...

When Chris Mujjabi found an envelope marked ‘Kitale Synthetic’ in a cold storage room at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, the corn breeder knew he had stumbled on something special. He had ...

Certain vegetables like tomatoes, peppers, peas, and beans have self-pollinating flowers and need little to no special care ...

As the above video from Cheddar illustrates, the implementation of a corn maze is a marriage between technology and organic ...

If the dinner problem — defined, broadly, as “what should I make for dinner?” — is difficult to solve, picture solving it ...

The Alabama Department of Agriculture is getting a significant funding boost to help enhance the state’s specialty crop ...

All that feed corn and all those soybeans—and those nearly 25 million hogs—produce a lot of nitrate. It’s making Iowans sick ...

I was joined by the agency’s CEO, Andrew D’Onofrio, and its farm director, Erica Blumenfeld, who has overseen the property’s ...

Sweet corn is a perfect food for summer, but behind that simple pleasure is decades of plant breeding, market research, and ...

The bakery specializes in pan dulce, or Mexican “sweet bread,” and prides itself on its soft and sweet conchas.

Every October, America divides into two camps: those who think candy corn tastes like candle wax mixed with sadness, and ...

Chef David Nayfeld, whose other ventures include Bubbelah, grew up in Alameda, the son of Jewish immigrants from the former ...