The massive, bright-orange squash is over two feet long. But even bigger is its impact on the Native American tribes who are now cultivating the crop as part of a revival of native Great Lakes foods.
We're not suggesting you bug your host about it. But here are some pointers for spotting things on your plate that could be—and probably aren't—genetically engineered foods.
Climate change could bring abundant precipitation and longer growing seasons to northern states like Pennsylvania. But the forecast for a potential agricultural boom comes with some caveats.
More and more women are taking the lead on U.S. farms. And some women farmers are looking to each other for social, emotional and entrepreneurial support.
Ohio State University is getting serious about transforming the state’s agricultural system. How serious? Try $100 million serious. So where does that leave Pennsylvania?
Pennsylvania's nine-month budget stalemate is finally over. And people at Penn State's century-old agricultural extension are breathing a huge sigh of relief.
Surveys show a majority of Americans support labeling of genetically modified foods. But there is intense debate over what a GMO labeling program should look like and how far it should go.
Despite warnings from the U.S. Forest Service, not everyone's buying that warming temperatures will spell doom and gloom for the sugar maple across the Midwest and Northeast.
