Studying the domestication of any crop that people once ate helps scientists reveal how modern crops have evolved. Abigail Eisenstadt Although pumpkins and other gourds have become staples at ...

When you think of the plants that eastern North American Indian farmers grew in their gardens and fields, corn is probably the first thing that comes to mind. But corn, or maize, was not a local plant ...

Schoolchildren in America learn the story of the “three sisters” in agriculture: how Indigenous peoples planted corn, beans and squash in the same plots because these plants thrive together better ...