A Sip of Paradise Garden allows patrons to harvest herbs for cocktail crafting and recharge in nature. Credits: AJC | @asipofparadisegarden / Instagram ...

Asparagus harvest requires time, skill and physically demanding labor — farmworkers bend down and cut each stalk by hand at its base. Once they’ve collected a handful, they’ll quickly chop the ends ...

More than 900 fifth-graders from Pender County got to explore the varied careers offered in agriculture during the second ...

The Eastern Orthodox and Roman Catholic observances overlap only every three to four years thanks to different church ...

Christians are celebrating Holy Week with processions and reenactments in places like Jerusalem, Brazil, Nigeria, India, ...

The surprising uses of cacao that go beyond chocolate Cacao beans have uses that go beyond being the base ingredient of our hot chocolate mixes or the traditional Easter treats to hide in the garden.

Asparagus harvest requires time, skill and physically demanding labor — farm workers bend down and cut each stalk by hand at ...

House Bill 1097, carried in the House by Deputy Speaker Jason Zachary, R-Knoxville, will authorize the Tennessee Attorney General’s Office (AG) to investigate a local government suspected of violating ...

Sound Off is an opinion forum for Mercury readers to offer brief comments on today’s news. Submissions must be 75 words or ...

For some, Coachella Valley's festival season means late night concerts, rave wear and a boom in tourism for the desert. But offshoots of the popular Coachella Valley Arts and Music Festival, like ...

For oil palm farmers in Ghana, effective post-harvest management represents one of the most significant opportunities to improve profitability. Fresh Fruit Bunch (FFB) counting and grading are ...

Another grantee trained agriculture workers in Mexico on labor rights, aiming to end child labor in the tobacco industry. A project in West Africa helped curb the practice of 10-year-old children ...