“If planting in the ground, you’ll want a loamy, sandy soil,” Lalicata advises. According to Lalicata, it’s generally not necessary to prune an agave unless to remove dead plant material or to ...

Agave inulin is made when the heads of the succulent plant are cut into smaller pieces and inulin is extracted by a machine. It's then processed and usually turned into a powder. Agave nectar ...

Mexico's production of mezcal has increased exponentially in the last decade. The rapid growth is changing lives at family ...

All that remains afterward is the core, the piña. For the Agave tequilana, each weighs about 200 pounds. The jimador usually will cut it in half to make it easier to haul to an eathern pit where ...