If you have diabetes or prediabetes, stevia won't spike your blood sugar the way other sweeteners do, but it can make you crave more sweet foods. Agave nectar, made from the blue agave plant ...

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

When Flores heard his cousin Rodriguez's plan to plant agave, Flores says in Spanish, he began to feel an itch: "Like a thorn of 'I want to do this, and we want to do this.' And we got to work." ...

Agave plants take a minimum of eight years to raise ... “The world of agave is huge,” says Saldaña. “You can do so many things that contain agave. It’s such a strong pull for me.” ...

The Agave americana plant at Big Bloomers Flower Farm in Tramway has been growing for more than 20 years. The store posted to its Facebook account on April 9 that someone there “just noticed (the ...

Yet California distillers do think they can compete on quality ... But it will take time. Even though agave plants require minimal water resources, they take an average of eight years to reach ...

Agave-based liquors that do not meet these requirements must be ... so called because they look like pineapples) of the agave plant, but for tequila, this is done with steam.

Rivera, who recently purchased a home in Durango, Mexico, said her connection to the agave plant runs deep ... to just be able to touch and do and feel. There’s nothing like that.” ...

The Mexican restaurant on Michigan Avenue has more than 1,800 tequilas and other agave spirits available at its bar.

According to Jose Castillo, the owner of Ruta Oaxaca in Patchogue and Woodbury, the ideal agave plant for tequila "takes between 6-8 years to mature." The first tequila factory emerged in the ...