Increasing local markets in both urban and rural communities can be important to both the producer and consumer. Read more ...

Turn up the heat in your cool-weather backyard with fiery foliage. These fall bushes and shrubs will make a bold impact in ...

Two local farms opened their doors to Climate Chief Melissa Hoffer on Monday morning to talk about the challenges brought on ...

Uh, oh. But Ginnie and I started praying and drinking aronia berry juice that a farmer buddy gave us. Lo-and-behold, the neuroendocrine carcinoma on my forehead disappeared, and the swelling in my ...

While spring and summer offer a bounty of wild food treasures, there is a cornucopia of good things to forage in fall. Fruits ...

You can almost feel the snap of fall in the air, and that means it's the best time of year for one crucial task: dividing some of your yard's most beautiful plants.

Apple picking season is one of the first signs the fall season is nearing in Iowa, and a number of orchards have opened for 2024.

Written by Smithsonian botanist W. John Kress, the book details more than 300 North American tree species in words, maps and photographs—and why we shouldn’t take them for granted Jennie ...

Over the weekend, intense winds from a powerful cold front brought down trees, damaged powerlines, brought flooding rains and caused power outages for thousands of people. Gusts nearing 200 ...

Trees first appeared around 400 million years ago. They survived the mass-extinction event that wiped out the dinosaurs some 66 million years ago and lived through several glacial periods ...

Trees are often hailed as the lungs of our planet, but their importance extends far beyond their ability to produce oxygen. In a world grappling with climate change, deforestation, and environmental ...

Despite its exalted namesake, the Tree of Heaven is a legitimate nightmare to control. The fast-growing tree — up to 1 inch a week in some documented instances, according to botanist John Knapp ...