DOUGLAS COUNTY, Nev. (News 4 & Fox 11) — A company planning to build a lithium and boron mine in central Nevada says its efforts to grow an endangered wildflower have been successful so far, but ...

As the climate changes, bringing more heat and heavier storms, conditions are getting tougher for farmers. At the University of New Hampshire, researchers are looking into a new crop – a special type ...

My collection of vintage recipes booklets is an inspiration for many of these weekly columns. During this time of uncertainty we seek comfort and security, and often it is comfort food, especially ...

A botanist gently strokes the pollen of endangered wildflowers with a paintbrush as she tries to reenact nature inside a small greenhouse in the shadow of the Sierra Nevada. Australia-based Ioneer ...

California buckwhat can be found in an astonishing array of forms adapted to different parts of the state. The best thing? It thrives in dray conditions. They are one of the most versatile and drought ...

Rhyolite Ridge in Nevada is one of the only two major known global deposits of lithium-boron. It’s also the location of the only known population of the Tiehm’s buckwheat plant, a rare wildflower ...

Buckwheat is having its day in the sun. It’s a bright moment for this deserving, nutritious food that gets far too little recognition. As an ingredient in crackers, snacks, pancakes, and breads, and ...

I’m a big fan of cover crops on the farm and in the garden. Cover crops are not harvested. Instead they’re used for other purposes, such as preventing erosion or improving soil tilth. One of my ...

California is the native home of many wild buckwheat species. They can be seen growing on the offshore islands through coastal areas and all the way to the high Sierra. Wild buckwheat (Eriogonum spp.) ...

Buckwheat is a plant workhorse, a workhorse today’s American gardeners and farmers seem to have put out to pasture. Tom Ford, a Penn State commercial horticulture educator, told me, “Buckwheat is ...