The UMass Lowell Food Forest was established in spring 2024 and is home to a variety of fruit trees, and edible perennial plants. Located at 46 Wilder Street on South Campus, members of the campus and ...

Angie Comeaux walks around her farm in Florala, Alabama. She calls it Hvrvnrvcukwv Ueki-honecv, or Hummingbird Springs, Farm. It has its own water sources — like a spring that’s not too far from her ...

LAONA - Food sovereignty has long been a goal in Indian Country ever since the U.S. government forced Native American tribes onto reservations in places considered poor for farming in the 1800s. Using ...

Climate change is affecting our food, and our food is affecting the climate. NPR is dedicating a week to stories and conversations about the search for solutions. As NPR's climate solutions reporter ...

Greg Wilson is passionate about food security. Sit with him at Food Forest, the organic garden he started in his backyard in 2021, and he is happy to talk about the importance of having reliable ...

Tucked into the western edge of Jefferson Park is a place that feels like a secret garden — if that garden were seven acres of public land where anyone, at any time, can harvest fresh produce, pick ...

Sugarcane is a widely grown crop in the Nile Basin, but its destructive effects on soils, water resources and biodiversity have become increasingly apparent. As the thirsty crop draws down water ...

Near the banks of the Delaware River in northeast Pennsylvania, Steven Schwartz, his silver hair tied back beneath his hat, is searching for a seed. It’s ramp season, and finding one of the tiny black ...

The system these communities manage is neither static nor neglected. Forests are actively cared for through selective pruning and natural regeneration. Erva-mate grows alongside native fruit trees, ...