It was a warm February afternoon when I arrived at Japan's ume hotspot. A place where thousands of smallholder farmers from two towns,...

It’s not a plum. It’s not an apricot. It’s an ume! In central Japan, the earth sings ume. You might have heard about this fruit before....

After my undergraduate, I received a Fulbright grant and lived and worked with indigenous Quechua communities in the southern Peruvian...

Earth’s ecosystems provide everything that is necessary for humans to survive—clean air, water, food, and medicine. However, the benefits...

The fifteen countries that make up the Southern Africa region contain a wealth of occurring wild plant diversity. This includes feral...

In a remote village located on the border of Wakayama and Nara prefectures lives Hiroto Tanaka-san, a man who is single-handedly...

After leaving Osaka, we made our way to the tiny secluded village of Higashifuki. The town, located less than 1.5 hours away from the...

Hiking alone as a woman in the Andes can be intimidating. Before heading out of my adobe homestay perched at 4,100 masl. (14,450 ft.) I...