Angus is photogenic, both in close ups and wide shots. He’s sharp and crisp, standing tall despite adversity. In fact, when everyone else fades in the heat or the pressure of neglect, he is always the ...

Agaves are nothing short of a conundrum. Native to North America, this huge genus of the lily family has vexed botanists for a long time. The native species are so highly variable that they are ...

The enduring desert agave is a long-living plant with a quick end. It will thrive for 20 to 40 years, and then die after mustering up its one and only bloom of flowers. This Southern California native ...

from Oaxaca City to Santiago Matatlán winds through the vast central valley of Oaxaca, an arid plain walled by scrub-colored hills. You’ll know you’re getting close when rows of what look like giant ...

Lucy Simon is a New York-based wine, spirits, and food writer has been with Food & Wine since the spring of 2021. Distilling alcohol from agave and other desert plants is a tradition that has deep ...

In this video, I demonstrate how to extract safe drinking water from the leaves of the desert agave, a plant that is ...

Primitive tribes traveled long distances for food and materials, relying on their feet for transport and their hearts for ...

Members of the Desert Hearts Crew — Deep Jesus and Pork Chop —return to the Vail Valley to play some deep and techy underground beats at Agave in Avon on Friday, Feb. 3. Deep Jesus, aka Ryan Orey, is ...

Agave americana, also known as the century plant, has evolved for a dry desert life. For 30 years, these succulents ...