This tribe in Kansas is building new products — and houses — with its hemp

In 2024, Kansas growers planted 2,150 acres, making the state a top 10 grower of hemp outdoors. (In general, hemp grown in ...
Pahrump Valley Times

Truck damages Death Valley sand dunes; rare plants destroyed

Eureka Dunes are a special place meant to be enjoyed on foot,” Superintendent Mike Reynolds said in a statement. “They are protected from off-road driving.” ...
Gardenista on MSN

The garden decoder: What are ‘seed banks’ (and why are they important?)

This is part of a series with Perfect Earth Project, a nonprofit dedicated to toxic-free, ecological gardening, on how you can be more sustainable in your landscapes at home. Most ecological gardeners ...
IEEE

Real-Time Plant Disease Dataset Development and Detection of Plant Disease Using Deep Learning

Abstract: Agriculture plays a significant role in meeting food needs and providing food security for the increasingly growing global population, which has increased by 0.88% since 2022. Plant diseases ...