much more agave was roasted, and the roasting might start days before. But April’s pit-roasters were relatively new to the art and decided to work with only about a dozen plants this year.

It's still growing, and growing, and growing. Like the beanstalk from the famous fable, the stalk of an 80-year-old American agave plant at the University of Michigan is so tall, it's through the ...

The life cycle of a massive agave plant in an Oakland neighborhood is coming to an end, and in death, it is putting on quite a show. "This big momma here? Yeah, we're just calling it the agave ...

That is where a desert-native Agave plant is blooming for the first—and only—time in its life. “Meet Agave parryi var. truncata, a desert-dwelling succulent that has quietly been growing for ...

One of Hawaii’s oldest and biggest former pineapple producers is getting back into the farming business with a crop used to ...

The opening event featured a volunteer agave planting, connecting participants with centuries of local and Indigenous tradition tied to the resilient desert plant. “I think it’s a good way to ...

While tequila, made from the blue agave plant, is the best-known of the agave spirits, mezcal has also grown in popularity. It’s made from a wider variety of agaves across Mexico, and is roasted ...