How Overlooked Plants Like the Potato Bean Can Be Tamed to Feed the World

Oksana Badrak A hand-painted wooden sign marks the entrance to Steven Cannon's community garden, tucked between a sidewalk and some train tracks in Ames, Iowa. It depicts the iconic image of a seedling poking from a mound of dirt. At the far end of the garden, Cannon, a tall and reedy geneticist for the US […]

















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