Flax is an amazingly versatile food and fiber crop. In fact, it’s one of the oldest fiber crops in the world, known to have been cultivated in ancient Egypt and China. If it seems like flax is good for everything, that’s because it is. Its Latin name is usitatissimum, which...

Think a vegetarian or vegan diet is healthier? Think again! This week on Let's Get Real, Erica Wides is joined in the "Foodiness Fallout Shelter" by in-house nutritionist, Kristin Wartman. Find out why products like Vega-Links and Tofurky are worse for your health than their original counterparts. Do you know...

We Dig Fungus! On today's episode of We Dig Plants, Alice Marcus Krieg and Carmen Devito are joined by Eugenia Bone, author of Mycophilia. Tune into this episode to hear Eugenia talk about the similarities between fungi and animals, and the pervasiveness of fungi in our ecosystem. Learn how plants...