While maize remains essential for food security,  sunflower farming is emerging as a game-changer for commercial agriculture ...

Microscopic plant residues found on bedrock metates offer new insights into the diets and cultural practices of ancient Indigenous communities in the American West. The mortar, pestle, and cutting ...

We would have to work so hard, but receive little.” Indigenous communities around the world are losing the crops their ...

Agricultural experts say that supporting the use of traditional seeds, also known as heirloom varieties, could minimize the ...

Growing up in the mountains of western Guatemala, Feliciano Perez Tomas cultivated the same type of native maize his family ...

Research in Honduras shows that humans began selecting for larger fruits with thicker rinds as early as 7,500 years ago—long ...

For most Americans, Mexican food has been appreciated mostly for its value. But a new generation of Latin chefs is making a mark on haute cuisine.

An Irish charity has said aid from countries like Ireland is more important than ever, as the Trump administration has suspended most foreign aid contracts.

She planted a new crop of the staple food maize late last year but it wilted in the punishing heat. Abigail Kairire picks fall armyworms off her maize crops in Rushinga, Zimbabwe, Feb. 18, 2025. Farai ...

Guatemala is vulnerable to the effects of climate change which is forcing its indigenous people further into poverty.

recipes and info on the D-FW food scene. This month, D-FW Sabores explored four Yucatecan dishes prepared in North Texas: cochinita pibil and sopa de lima at Meso Maya Comida y Copas and panuchos ...

the maize prices may continue on this moderating path. This could be good for consumer food price inflation. Food prices are cooling down, but some items still carry a hefty price tag. January 2025 ...