Agave is taking root on California farms. Valley schools are now studying it.

This story was published in collaboration with KVPR. LE GRAND, Calif. — It was a torrid summer morning on a Merced County agave farm, and UC Merced doctoral student Calysta Ownby bored into the dirt with a drill. “Maybe not its original intended use,” Ownby said, chuckling about the tool. She collected a core of dry […] The post Agave is taking root on California farms. Valley schools are now…