Agave, a succulent native to hot, arid regions, is a shapeshifter of sorts. It’s best known for tequila and mezcal, but it ...

The temperature in Makawao also makes for “a much better growing environment” and produces bigger blue agave plants than in Mexico, Turner said. “There’s a certain temperature range that ...

The plants use far less water than avocados or citrus ... research from the Southwest that indicates the indigenous people of Arizona and New Mexico were farming agave, much like their neighbors in ...

When folks around the country think of agave, they picture hotbeds ike Guadalajara, Mexico. Tucson aims to challenge that ...

Patrón's distillery in Jalisco, Mexico corks 80 tequila bottles per minute. The process begins with the agave plant. Agave is known for its leathery leaves that range in size from a few ...

Dubbed the "Bat Man of Mexico," Medellín convinced agave farmers to set aside part of their land to allow the plants there to flower and be pollinated. He also worked with a nonprofit to ...

WASHINGTON — Agave plants may be best known for their role ... Martinez from the Centro de Investigaciones en Optica (CIO) in Mexico. “This could lead to higher crop yields with lower water ...

Tequila might be Mexico’s national spirit ... Its origins trace back to the Aztecs, who fermented a milky, sap-like drink called pulque from the agave plant. When Spanish conquistadors arrived in the ...

Melly Barajas, a tequilera and one of the few female master distillers in Mexico, has been making ... the heart of the spiky agave plant. The piñas are harvested, cooked for 24 hours, crushed ...