My friend Steve Fagin appreciates all that nature has to offer. Perhaps you're familiar with his column and blog, "The Great Outdoors," in which he chronicles his escapades. I always enjoy it when our ...

I was walking the trails at York Land Trusts’ Hilton Farm last week. There is a beautiful spot there where the sun glints off the river and floods the woods with light. On that particular day the sun ...

Food trends vary greatly based on geography and time period. A typical lunch that you might have today in Boise, Idaho is probably very different from the typical lunch of somebody in Vientiane, Laos.

Recipes that appear in Idea Alley have not been tested by the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette. "While visiting my mom in Fremont, Ohio, over the holidays I met a new friend who used to live in Joplin, [Mo.] ...

Yellowbud hickory trees are abundant in Iowa’s forests, yet few make use of the trees’ bitter-tasting nuts. Levi Geyer, owner of Fancy Twig Farm in Parnell, southwest of Iowa City, is one of a small ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Michigan's forests grow a range of edible nuts each fall — making squirrels, deer and even a few bears happy — and if you're up ...

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ASHEVILLE - For more than a century, a multi-generational family farm has changed the landscape for agriculture and agrotourism in the valleys of the Blue Ridge Mountains. Jamie Ager and his wife, Amy ...

Visitors flock to Hickory Nut Gap Farms in Fairview for pasture-raised meats, pumpkins and more. Visitors flock to Hickory Nut Gap Farms in Fairview for their pasture-raised meats, pumpkins and more.

My husband was raised in an area with many shagbark hickory trees and has collected nuts for many years. His question is: Why are there worms in nuts from some trees and not others and why do some ...

A few years ago one of my readers asked me about a particular nut and leaf. I took a close look at the pictures and saw a slightly pear-shaped nut that had a skin that reminded me of pecans. The ...