Maryland is widely recognized for its blue crabs and Old Bay seasoning, but if research into a local plant yields promising results, the state could become known for its spin on another classic: beer.

It’s 11 a.m. on a Saturday, and beer drinkers line up out the door of Oklahoma City’s Skydance Brewing. They’ve come to toast the downtown taproom’s one-year anniversary with pints of special-release ...

Every summer from around ages 7 to 12, Joyce Ham traveled with her parents and cousins from Grand Ronde to harvest hops at a farm in Keizer. This was the late 1930s and early ’40s, and the work helped ...