DeZha Smith, at 21-year-old farmer from north St. Louis, surveys dozens of collard green plants at the Jackie Joyner-Kersee Center in East St. Louis, Ill. The plants are part of a study examining the ...

Collard greens are a staple for many kitchens in the Southern U.S., especially in African American homes. And now the vegetable is getting the same heirloom treatment as other fruits and veggies.

Acorn Community is is a 72-acre certified organic farm. Founding member Ira Wallace says it's a place where all the members live equally among each other, benefitting from their seed company called ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Collard greens with pork Who were the first people to eat collard greens? Food historians believe that the cultivation of the ...

It was amazing,” said Ira Wallace, who is known as the godmother of the Heirloom Collard Project. Collard advocates are lifting up a vegetable that is both extremely nutritious and has a rich ...

Hundreds of collard greens are evenly planted in rows inside a softly-lit greenhouse at the Jackie Joyner-Kersee Food, Agriculture and Nutrition Innovation Center in East St. Louis, Illinois. These ...