Seed banks are helping Central American farmers adapt to climate change—and preserve their history. Growing up in the ...

The seed bank provides heirloom seeds for crops like corn and beans, and they’re getting ready to distribute them. With these seeds, Cherokee citizens like Feather Smith can get back in touch ...

To protect thousands of varieties of Mexico's prized heirloom corn, leaders vote to amend the constitution to ban the ...

There are nearly 60 heirloom ... corn are grown in the rich, red-hued soil of Santa Ana Zegache, which produce a higher yield and impart a sweet flavor. Corn stalks are cut and dried out in the ...

More than 13,000 applications were submitted for Cherokee heirloom seeds, according to the Secretary of Natural Resources.

declaring native corn "an element of national identity" and banning the planting of genetically modified seeds. The measure, which aims to protect Mexico's thousands of varieties of heirloom corn ...