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How Peruvian Potatoes Might Be Key to Feeding the Planet
A spud museum in the Andes may hold the answer to fending off a food crisis.
Spent Grain From Breweries Could be Repurposed as Fuel
A new study shows how barley can be converted into carbon.
Women Farmers Are on the Rise in the Last Frontier
Alaskan women are almost as likely to start farming as their male counterparts.
Two Friends From Mexico Developed A Synthetic Leather Made From Cactus
It’s not prickly, but it is environmentally friendly.
Monsanto Fined $10.2 Million For Spraying Illegal Pesticide in Hawaii
The EPA banned it. Monsanto sprayed it anyway.
Plant Biodiversity Is Struggling to Recover on Abandoned Farmland
But researchers say it’s not too late to fix this problem.
Plants Can Sometimes Be Sweet Friends to Each Other, Say Scientists
Plant buddies help each other out in times of stress!