MUNICH — Two students in Munich, sipping beers on their dormitory couch in 2022, chatted about a recent lecture describing the use of banana fibers in Colombia to make sustainable building materials.

U.S. hop production is expected to reach 104 million pounds this year, an increase of 2% over 2022, but a step back from the crop’s peak, according to USDA and industry data. According to Hop Growers ...

The University of Florida is making strides in crafting alcohol; more specifically, a method for growing hops despite Florida's incompatible climate. Through the use of greenhouses, researchers at ...

U.S. hop production dropped to 83.1 million pounds in 2025, down 5% from the previous year and 20% below 2023’s harvest, ...

CARLISLE, Pa. — Michael and Sharon Reifsnyder of Carlisle started GEMS Farm in 2017, planting about 3.5 acres with five different varieties of hops. The Reifsnyders were preparing to hang support ...

What started as an apple business expanded into a hop lot between 2006 and 2008. “We had a lot of great apple growing property. But we had some low ground that isn’t good for fruit so my dad came up ...

Shrinking harvests of hops are making beer more expensive, but researchers are raising hopes that this indispensable ingredient in brewing could be grown indoors to make it cheaper. Earlier this year, ...

LEWISTON, N.Y. — The Harvest and Hops Festival is happening this weekend in Lewiston. The festival will rund Saturday, September 23 and Sunday, September 24 from 10am-5pm on Center Street. The street ...