Award-winning author Minh Lê will visit East New Orleans Regional Library on April 12 for a family-friendly book talk and ...

Twenty years after Hurricane Katrina, that singular city haven of jazz, jambalaya and Mardi Gras on the banks of the ...

“You could be following them and suddenly you look up and they’re a quarter-mile away,” says Kevin Schafer, a Seattle-based wildlife photographer ... make room for rice fields.

Smithsonian writer Rachel Ng, who reported on the endeavor. A transcript is below. To subscribe to “There’s More to That,” ...

Rice, the world’s most consumed grain, will become increasingly toxic as the atmosphere heats and as carbon dioxide emissions ...

Japan's Emperor Naruhito has planted rice seeds at the Imperial Palace in Tokyo in an annual tradition to promote farming. The tradition was started by his grandfather, Emperor Showa, and has ...

Kimberly Hansen, collections manager of flowering plants at the Field Museum, wears gloves to protect her hands as she displays a deadly pong-pong seed specimen, collected from the Philippines in ...

As rice prices surge in Japan, a government survey shows farms plan to expand acreage for the crop, which should alleviate supply concerns. But boosting the harvest needs more seeds and supply is ...

The best season to visit Ziro is from September to November and March to May. It is famous for its sustainable agricultural ...

Kimberly Hansen, collections manager of flowering plants at the Field Museum, shows off deadly pong-pong seed specimens collected in 1911 in India. It’s not only real, but at the Field Museum ...

Researchers from the University of Tokyo in Japan have conducted a six-year field experiment using an agrivoltaics system with lowland rice growing underneath. The on-farm trial was conducted in ...

AT ONE TIME. DOHERTY AND RICE FARMERS WOULD BURN THEIR FIELDS AFTER THE FALL HARVEST TO PREPARE FOR SPRING, BUT THAT PRACTICE WAS BANNED BY THE STATE IN THE EARLY 90S. AFTER 1991, WHEN THE LIMITED ...