The majority of the threatened species do not grow in environmentally protected locations. Tropical plants in the genus ...
He details the many things that can come out of the humble coconut tree: wine, a powder from the hard coconut shell, the ...
It really has fostered a sense of environmental responsibility in our community,” said one village council member.
Artist Sam Van Aken fuses heirloom trees through a horticultural process known as grafting. He then plants them around the ...
Florida’s citrus growers are struggling to survive the one-two punch of hurricanes and disease. As production of the state’s signature crop has declined in recent years, many citrus farmers have sold ...
In potting mixes, coconut coir helps create a well-draining environment that prevents the soil from becoming too soggy, ...
The “perfect” tropical beach hardly needs to be described; it’s on the Instagram post, in the pages of a travel magazine: ...
Those are trees that largely low-income residents otherwise couldn’t afford to plant or maintain, said the 71-year-old Johnson, who runs a local nonprofit, the Lower 9th Ward Center for ...
Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Albert Florida, a resident of the Lower 9th Ward for over 40 years, looks at one of the trees planted by ...
slope and the age of coconut trees. In 2021, cacao intercropping was being promoted. At that time, the average cacao yield per plant was 0.6 kilo, way below the break-even yield of 2 kilos.
Albert Florida, a resident of the Lower 9th Ward for over 40 years, looks at one of the trees planted by SOUL (Sustaining Our Urban Landscape) in New Orleans, Thursday, Feb. 27, 2025. (AP Photo ...