Berkeley County might be better known for its rivers, rice plantations and Revolutionary War history than for pirates. But according to centuries-old folklore, one of the Lowcountry’s most famous ...

Somerset Place is commemorating Women's History Month with special tours highlighting the contributions that enslaved and free women made to the development, maintenance, and infrastructure of the ...

The seasonal changes at Hampton Plantation mean that the time-travel experience varies depending on when you visit. Spring brings the landscape back to life after winter, with new growth and flowering ...

The majority of insurance claims of farmers and fishers have been released within the standard 20-day processing period in 2025, according to the Philippine Crop Insurance Corporation (PCIC). “In 2025 ...

Neicy DeShields-Moulton researched her family's past after discovering it was a taboo subject due to the pain of slavery. Her research traced her lineage to the Hampton Plantation in Maryland, where ...

BEIJING -- China plans to expand its ratoon rice cultivation area by approximately 10 million mu (about 666,666 hectares) by 2030, as part of efforts to bolster food security, according to the ...

The David Boles Foundation will co-host the fifth annual Gullah Geechee Festival supported by the City of Richmond Hill. This ...

The nonprofit just launched a fundraiser and hopes to raise $20,000 to restore and protect the overgrown cemetery. The money ...

The specific species cultivated there, Oryza glaberrima, is one of two domesticated strains of rice found on Earth. Africans ...

Unyon ng mga Manggagawa sa Agrikultura said that the expansion would lead to corporate exploitation of oil palm leaseholders ...

Dr. Karen Kedrowski, director of the Carrie Chapman Catt Center for Women and Politics at Iowa State University, told the story of impactful “women overlooked in history by men firing guns” at the ...

Pulitzer prize-winning historian Edda L. Fields-Black visited Binghamton University on Tuesday and delivered a lecture based on her most recent book “COMBEE: Harriet Tubman, ...