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By Lina Tran for Grist.Broadcast version by Nadia Ramlagan for North Carolina News Service reporting for the Grist-Public News Service Collaboration The first time Chris Smith tried to grow taro on his experimental farm in western North Carolina, the plants were too eager. He’d started them in a heated greenhouse one February day a few years ago, thinking the tropical crop would need plenty of time to establish. Within a month, the taro had sprung up a foot and a half. ...

As temperatures rise and rainfall grows erratic, planting different crops is one way farmers can adapt to climate change.

Events and news from Asheville's food and beverage community.

As the planet warms, these five drought-tolerant and highly nutritious crops offer hope for greater resiliency

The Community Foundation of Western North Carolina (CFWNC) recently approved two Food & Farming grants totaling $55,000 to Bounty & Soul and the Utopian Seed Project.