Pine nuts are not actually nuts at all, but the seeds of evergreen pine trees. The seeds grow under the scales of pine cones and take about three years to reach maturity. The cones are harvested, ...

If chopping down your own Christmas tree is part of your holiday tradition, the Bureau of Land Management’s Carson City ...

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On one end of the hierarchy of nuts, there's the common yet versatile peanut. And on the other, there's the outrageously priced pine nut, which makes the teardrop shaped nuts like the caviar of nuts.

The Nuwä people of the Mountains utilized more than 100 different species of native plants for food, but none were as prized ...

If you’ve ever gazed up at the pine tree in your yard and wondered if you could harvest some fresh pine nuts from those cones, the answer is yes -- and good luck. Pine nuts, also known by their ...

BAKER — Along a dirt road just north of Great Basin National Park, Dayer LeBaron plucks a cone from a pinyon tree and shakes its contents into his calloused hand. The pine nuts almost shine in their ...

Pine nuts from the araucaria trees of the Brazilian state of Santa Catarina are driving a chain of sustainable production involving more than a dozen municipalities from the mountain region of the ...

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