In the Land of a Thousand Hills, a 50-year-old agricultural technique to curb soil erosion is making a comeback.

Thanks to a clever method known as sandbar cropping, squashes and other crops thrive on land that’s otherwise considered useless.

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Watts had raised over 720,000 chickens in 22 years for Perdue, the fourth-largest chicken company in the US. He had been searching for ways to stay on the family land in one of North Carolina’s ...

Claire Ryan’s four-year-old son comes to work with her every day. She drops him off at her company’s on-site day care center at around 8 a.m. and is at her desk in the next 15 minutes. She finishes ...

This story was produced by The 74, a nonprofit, independent news organization focused on education in America. The stories kept coming. Siblings with terminal illnesses. Close family members dying ...

Welcome back to our weekly behind-the-scenes glimpse at what’s getting our team talking. Let us know what you think at [email protected]. The Northern Chumash Tribe has a deep connection to the waters ...

Beekeeping has been a way of life for Peter Kozmus since he was 14 years old. He had been part of a beekeeping club at school, and when his mentor decided to retire and sell his bee colonies, he ...