Every year, I try something new in my garden, whether that's a new variety of some vegetable I've grown before, or some completely new gardening technique. This year, I decided to try my hand at ...

Benjy Firester, an 18-year-old high school senior from New York, won $250,000 for his Irish potato famine science project, which could be used to help farmers prevent costly crop damage. Firester won ...

UB biologists are serving as consultants on the ultimate middle school science project: farming potatoes aboard the International Space Station (ISS). The experiment is the brainchild of Gabriella ...

This article was originally featured on Undark. In a field near the Dutch village of Angeren, a biotechnology company named Solynta grows potatoes in square plots, about 16 by 13 feet each. One ...

Have you ever wondered how a seed sprouts into a plant? Grab a few ingredients from around the house for a lesson in germination. Materials Instructions STEP 1: Using the knife, cut both ends off the ...