The spiky agave plant was traditionally used as fencing in India A desert plant changed the life of Masapalli Venkatesh. His 10-acre farm in Kandukur is on the Deccan Plateau, which covers a large ...

California faces one of the driest climates in the United States, making it an ideal location for harvesting a number of crops, including the natural agave nectar. Conventional watering practices ...

For years, California farmers have seen some of their crops struggle amid the impacts of drought and climate change. Many have sought out more resilient plants that don’t need a lot of water — like ...

It's hard to visualize how large, spiky agave plants get transformed into bottles of tequila. There are 166 different agave varieties, but only one, the blue agave, can be used to make tequila. All ...