Scientists have discovered that some fig trees in Kenya can absorb carbon dioxide (CO₂) from the air and turn it into ...

Festival highlights latest practices, encourages sustainability in the agricultural sector This year’s festival features 24 ...

Fig souring (or sour rot) renders fruit inedible. It’s caused by yeast and bacteria, usually spread by insects. You’ll know it by the fermented smell, clear ooze from the fig’s eye and eventually, ...

Daniel Goldberg of Richmond’s Feral Ecology invited the public to join in its summer harvest of backyard and streetside loquat trees this year, and a plum harvest is up next.

Unlike conventional trees that store carbon temporarily in organic matter, the species is capable of converting the ...

We all know that trees are an important part of our climate efforts. But we usually envision this as lush forests soaking up ...

In a surprising twist of nature, certain fig trees in Kenya are doing more than just bearing fruit—they’re capturing carbon ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... A couple weeks ago we discussed various types of fig trees which perform well in ...

Touch the fruit. Not all figs show obvious signs of ripening. Some, including the popular LSU Gold cultivar, remain green ...

Learn about the ability of some fig trees to store atmospheric carbon dioxide and turn it into stone, a process that could ...

Introducing the Experts: – Holly Simpson Baldwin, co-owner of The Farm Between, a nursery and farm stand in Jeffersonville, ...

Scientists discovered that fig trees in Kenya can store carbon dioxide as calcium carbonate rocks inside their trunks and ...