We’ve never been up for wallowing in the mud, but here’s an event that’s making us think twice. While the term “compost heap” doesn’t sound so tasty, composting is really an environmentally beneficial ...

Just when you thought eggplant was off the market for the winter, Maya’s Farm shows up to the market with beautiful rosa bianca eggplants. This Italian heirloom varietal can be distinguished from ...

Maya’s Farm was the first to be saved by a conservation easement funded through the Farmland Preservation Program. Phoenix funded more than three-quarters the developmental-rights cost for the land, ...

Women and gender in the ancient Maya world / Traci Ardren -- Gender and Maya farming: Chan Nòohol, Belize / Cynthia Robin -- Gender divisions of labor and lowland terrace agriculture / Linda Stephen ...

Forest soil may take centuries to recover carbon sinks damaged by deforestation. "In order to really sequester carbon in soils, you want to be sure it will stay there for a long time. This work ...

PHOENIX — Maya Dailey plants zinnias along a small portion of her nearly 3½-acre organic farm just north of South Mountain Park. It’s on 32nd Street between Southern Avenue and Baseline Road — an ...