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A grocery store aisle filled with various brands of cereal boxes on display.

Business

U.S. cereal prices climb, boxes get thinner, and shoppers say oats beat the family-size racket

A hand holding a fresh chanterelle mushroom, showcasing its distinct gills and bright yellow color.

Food

First wild chanterelles went into a bag uncleaned, and foragers say a rinse and trim can save them

Corn stalks growing in buckets.

Home

A first-year gardener planted corn in 5-gallon buckets for privacy and got 16 ears

A compost bin filled with decomposing food scraps, leaves, and bits of cardboard.

Home

First-time composter added pee to a pile, and the exact spot broke down faster

Sautéing vegetables.

Food

Healthier global diets could cut farm pollution by a third and shrink farmland by 2050

Rescue workers leading a cow.

Outdoors

Mud stops a runaway cow cold in North Carolina, and firefighters have to step in to free her

A container of strawberries.

Food

California shoppers allege Driscoll's strawberries were tainted with 8 'forever chemicals'

A basket of fresh green lettuce beside gardening shears in a vibrant home vegetable garden.

Food

Cyclospora concerns drive more US shoppers to turn to garden-grown produce

A woman in a garden.

Home

As triple-digit heat hits the US, a master gardener says to stop these 4 garden habits

A young tomato plant featuring green leaves and a yellow flower among its branches.

Home

Massachusetts gardener gets plenty of tomato blooms, but 95-degree heat stalls the harvest

Three ears of ornamental corn in varying colors, including red, purple, and cream, with husks attached at the top.

Tech

Gardener planted all-red corn, then 2 speckled ears sparked a genetics debate

A ripe orange pumpkin nestled among green leaves in a garden.

Food

Compost pile sprouts an accidental pumpkin patch, and gardener is forced to get creative