The use of seabird poop as a fertilizer for corn and other food crops supported the expansion of pre-Inca civilizations ...

Total factor productivity — a measure of the food system’s efficiency, rather than the increases in harvests driven by adding ...

ThatsThem reports that U.S. state seals reflect unique identities through motifs symbolizing values like resilience, liberty, and agriculture.

Most people have never heard of potash, yet this unassuming mineral quietly powers the global food system. Canada controls ...

Ezra and Eli Lane discovered a hoard of nine corn whiskey jugs buried for roughly 150 years, with the prize worth several thousand dollars.

EVANSVILLE — A fresh planting of corn is in the ground at Angel Mounds, and while it may look new to visitors, the crop has a long and storied past in Indiana. Supported by recent research conducted ...

Buttery, delicious and full of juice are words that can be used to describe two things: The corn a little boy loves so much and the viral song inspired by that love. On Aug. 4, popular child interview ...

Lindsey DeSoto, RD, is a nutrition writer, medical reviewer, and registered dietitian who helps clients improve their diet for health-related reasons. Her writing covers a variety of topics, including ...

Glen Borgerding met Randy Constant in the late nineteen-nineties, when landowners in northern Missouri hired them to help set up an organic soybean farm. Borgerding, an agronomist from Minnesota, took ...