For thousands of years, pearls have been a prized gemstone used to craft jewelry and other adornments. But North America has ...

South Dakota native John Latendresse was on a cross-country road trip in 1949 when he found himself at Kentucky Lake in Tennessee. Looking out at the divers combing the fertile lakebeds for mussels to ...

Three years after a big LCHIP grant got the project going, the Pearl Farm in Loudon has finally received long-term protection. The Trust for Public Land announced last week that the 275-acre farm has ...

Pearl oyster farming represents a sophisticated intersection of aquaculture, marine biology and sustainable economic development. The production process involves the careful selection of oysters, the ...

In 2016 Narendra Garwa was facing a desperate financial situation. His small book store in the village of Renwal, Rajasthan, was running at a loss. With a family to support and little education, he ...