Every year it hangs on doors or is used in some type of harvest decor, but Indian corn (Zea mays), also known as maize, has a spiritual meaning to Native Americans. Ceremonies are performed when the ...

If I asked you what plant family feeds more of the world’s people than all other plant families combined, would you have the right answer? Many guess it’s legumes: peas, beans and their cousins.

Corn and Thanksgiving go hand in hand. Chief Massessoit's brother, Quadequina, plopped his deerskin of pre-popped popcorn on the table for that historical first potluck dinner. And corn for corn meal ...

As winter edges closer, sweet corn is but a distant memory, and field corn is fast disappearing into the insatiable maws of roaring combines. But here and there a few market growers and gardeners are ...

As November draws to a close, so does Indian corn season. Those decorative arrangements of colorful hard ears of corn that appear every year between Halloween and Thanksgiving disappear from front ...

HUFF — Mary Graner bent down a barbwire fence and waded into 10-foot stalks in her family's cornfield. The Huff-area farmer and rancher reached up to pick an ear of flint corn, commonly called Indian ...

We’re in the midst of the growing season, so it seems fitting that All America Selections announces a few garden trial winners. Trials for 2018 introductions have yielded three national winners: ...