The COVID-19 outbreak's lockdown brought the economy to a halt, resulting in the complete closure of businesses in a few sectors, including the Indian okra seed industry. Although agricultural ...

“Nobody thinks of vegetables as endangered,” says Prabhakar Rao. “When you go to the market, you’re buying tomatoes, bhindi, potatoes. Who will believe there is a problem? That is the problem for me.” ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Okra gets its slime from a substance called mucilage. Okra is one of those vegetables with a polarizing reputation. Whether you ...

Okra can be traced back to the slave trade, with stories told of mothers braiding the seeds into their daughters’ hair, hoping wherever they landed, a crop could be planted that was familiar to them. ...

LEICESTER, N.C. — It was a dewy morning when I joined Chris Smith, author of “The Whole Okra,” at the Utopian Seed Project’s experimental farm near Asheville, North Carolina. It wasn’t even 9 a.m. and ...

Okra seeds are a tasty and convenient addition to salads and stir-fries. We spend much of our summer preserving the garden bounty as pickles, sauces, and salsas. When the summer heat and humidity are ...

Watch the fascinating journey of an okra plant as it grows from a single seed to full maturity over 115 days. This detailed ...

Chia seeds water, ajwain water, honey-lemon water – all these are some age-old and standard drinks that help with weight loss and have other health benefits too. These are usually consumed on an empty ...

Hannah Stephenson looks at a new okra variety that wowed this year's RHS Chelsea Flower Show visitors. Okra, or 'lady's fingers', so-called because of its delicate finger-like shape, is back in the ...

Writing off okra as a slimy pod is a great injustice, according to Chris Smith. The garden writer and seed saver is an okra aficionado who asserts that while the vegetable may have a unique texture, ...