Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. pcturner71 / Getty Images While you may have a few edible plants growing in your backyard, have you ever wondered what it would be ...

Gardeners are adopting forest gardens to reduce maintenance and extend harvests, as systems that replicate woodland structure ...

Edible forest gardening was pioneered by Robert A de J Hart, a farmer and journalist, in the Sixties. He adapted African ideas for the English woodland, and was enthused by the concept of an ...

Working with nature instead of against it, forest gardens promise abundance, as well as the kind of resilience a changing climate demands. When you think about it, monoculture is just weird. We cover ...

My goal was to plant a few fruit trees in a sheltered spot on the south side of my home. That led to an interest in orchards and then to forest gardens and the symbiotic relationships of plants. Of ...

Last year, a group of permaculture designers based in Seattle announced plans to build the Beacon Food Forest in that city, a seven-acre edible park open to foragers. Filled with fruit trees, herbs ...

On an overcast Saturday morning, staff and volunteers gathered at the Early Learning Center and Laboratory Preschool, both located on the University of Delaware’s Children’s Campus. With shovels and ...

Agriculture is one of the main culprits of climate change, but with global food shortages, farming is a necessary way to provide nutrition to billions of people. Research on a small Himalayan village ...

To Co-Leader Tim Sonder (Medill ’83), Edible Evanston is all about connection. By connecting residents to food sources, the earth and Evanston, the nonprofit aims to promote community through food ...

While you may have a few edible plants growing in your backyard, have you ever wondered what it would be like to eat fruits and vegetables produced exclusively by your landscape? One way to make this ...