Washington, D.C.—Alfalfa is more than a protein-rich feed for livestock; it may also be an excellent source of biogas. This mixture of methane and other gases is produced when plants (or any organic ...

This fall has stricken me with fermentation fever, and my kitchen has turned into a laboratory run by yeasts, bacteria and various enzymes. It happens each year. That’s because the autumn culminates ...

Sweet proteins such as brazzein add an exciting new dimension to the sugar-reduction toolbox, claims Pentasweet.

Homemade wine requires just fruit, sugar, yeast, and a clean jar, with cleanliness crucial to avoid contamination.

BOSTON - JUNE 16: Fermentation enthusiast Jeremy Ogusky demonstrates how to make sauerkraut by fermenting vegetables, step by step, in his Jamaica Plain pottery studio, June 16, 2016. Step seven: ...

When we cook, we tend to only use part of each ingredient, leaving skins, stalks, fronds or peels unused and throwing away roughly a quarter of what we buy. But there’s a lot of flavor potential in ...