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The promising compounda were discovered on an organic farm.
It’s not clear why oranges are such a staple during sports events but there are good reasons to eat them during competition.
From being banned on planes and hotels, to being considered a delicacy – the durian is truly perplexing. What’s behind its polarising nature?
By the late 19th century, there were nearly 1,500 varieties of apple in Britain alone.
We should be eating plenty of fresh produce every day. But throwing away another bunch of wilted herbs is demotivating. Thankfully, there are helpful tips to make produce last.
Earlier springs due to climate change are wreaking havoc in orchards.
Community-centred approaches to urban agriculture have been successful in various parts of the world.
Children have an innate preference for fruit. But vegetables are just as important. Here are some tips if your kids don’t want to eat their veggies.
Cranberries add color and acidity to Thanksgiving menus, but they also have many interesting botanical and genetic features.
Functional foods − which should not be confused with ‘superfoods’ − possess specific components that contribute to better health.
There are lots of other ingredients you can use to make foods puff and rise, give your meal a rich taste, or to hold together ingredients.
Humans have figured out how to season their food with virtually every part of plants.
A 90% crop loss in the Peach State may sound like a disaster, but Georgia isn’t actually the Big Apple of peach production that it claims to be.
Eggs are hard to beat, but there are plenty of other options.
Changing habitat ranges, competition for food and water, and biological effects of climate change all pose threats to wildlife.
Lillipillies are one of Australia’s great gifts to the natural world. But the story of these homegrown heroes may be taking a grim turn.
Fruit bats have the potential to reforest areas where trees had been lost in parts of Africa.
Pinpointing the chemical compounds that make a fruit tasty to consumers can help producers breed for even more flavorful crops.
Homegrown tomatoes and corn in Alaska? Climate change could make it possible in the 2030s and ‘40s – a rare silver lining for this fast-warming state.
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