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It’s a device called a Poly Planter Jr. At our farm we harvest food to donate to area food pantries, and we typically grow green beans. For us, growing green beans at scale comes with a few ...
A Ugandan scientist is engineering beans to thrive despite drought, pests, and shorter growing seasons—one crossbreed at a ...
The wheat looks good, Mulhall explained, because legumes like peas and beans capture nitrogen from the atmosphere and add it to the soil. This means farmers can grow other crops after them without ...
Knowing how to favourite plants in Grow a Garden will help you ensure that your best plants and produce remain in your garden for as long as possible. Making a plant your favourite in Grow a ...
A group of U.S. dry bean industry members visited the United Kingdom and the Netherlands Feb. 8-14 to meet with key stakeholders. It turned out to be a critically timed trip for discussing trade.
Many plants, and a few other organisms, can expedite diversification even further by doubling their number of chromosomes. This process is called autopolyploidy, and under the right conditions, it can ...
“Tepary beans grow successfully in desert and near-desert conditions. They are native to the American Southwest and have been a staple food crop there for hundreds, or probably ...
Stacey Leasca is an award-winning journalist with nearly two decades of newsroom experience. She is also the co-founder of Be a Travel Writer, an online course for the next generation of travel ...
Entergy Mississippi is going to the community and is listening to concerns about a new planned power plant that will be built along the border between Madison and Hinds counties. Entergy leaders ...