Collard greens are mandatory on any soul food menu and are often the star of a Black family dinner table. The history of these glorious greens can be traced to enslaved African Americans and poor ...

It happens more often than most of us would care to admit. We reach into the pocket of a jacket we haven’t worn in a while and pull out a half-empty packet of seeds. Seeds are powerful. They’re the ...

Whether you boil them in other sauces, make a broth, fry them lightly or eat them raw in a salad, you can rest assured that collard greens’ place on the dining table will be preserved for posterity.

Volunteers with the Heirloom Collard Project screen for seeds. (Courtesy Chris Smith-The Utopian Seed Project) *Collard greens at the grocery store tend to be monotonous, making up rows and rows of ...

Collards were once as diverse as the Southern families they fed, but countless varieties have vanished. The race is on to preserve and propagate.... A community of seed savers has a recipe to revive ...

Collard greens at the grocery store tend to be monotonous, making up rows and rows of wide leafy bundles. But in reality, there are dozens of varieties of the staple vegetable. The Jernigan Yellow ...