Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The 'three sisters' are staple foods for many Native American tribes. Marilyn Angel Wynn/Getty Images Historians know that turkey ...

One in a series of columns co-written by Tony and Karen Russo, a father-daughter team and former owners of Russo’s in Watertown. IPSWICH — It’s hot, the sun is shining, and there is no doubt it is ...

KRAGNES, Minn. - The harvesters break off dried corn stalks at the base with a brisk snap. They twist off the ears and place them in recycled plastic grocery bags. A few of the pickers - anxious to ...

IXTENCO, MexicoIXTENCO, Mexico — On the slopes of the Malinche volcano, Juan Vargas starts the dawn routine he’s had since childhood, carefully checking stalks of colorful native corn. For years, ...

IXTENCO, Mexico >> On the slopes of the Malinche volcano, Juan Vargas starts the dawn routine he’s had since childhood, carefully checking stalks of colorful native corn. For years, Vargas worried ...

For most of us, piping hot, slathered with butter and sprinkled with salt really is the best way to enjoy corn on the cob. Our only gripe with it? It’s so good, we tend to forget that fresh corn doesn ...

Mexico has dozens of native corn varieties, including this Bolita Belatove from Oaxaca, which Emmanuel Galvan holds. Galvan works with heirloom corn varieties and says he understands President Andrés ...

This story was originally published by The Conversation. Historians know that turkey and corn were part of the first Thanksgiving, when Wampanoag peoples shared a harvest meal with the pilgrims of ...