Naihmeh says pine nuts were also an important export, bringing in some $150 million a year. But these days, Naihmeh tells me through an interpreter, farmers can't harvest enough pines, even for ...

A man who lost control of his hydrogen balloon while harvesting pine nuts in China has been found and rescued – after landing in a forest two days later and more than 300 kilometers (186 miles ...

Naihmeh says pine nuts were also an important export, bringing in some $150 million a year. But these days, Naihmeh tells me through an interpreter, farmers can't harvest enough pines even for ...

Leave the peanuts out of the kung pao chicken, and you've got no "pow." Pesto without pine nuts won't please anyone. And sure, chocolate chip cookies minus the walnuts are perfectly acceptable ...

Even without out-of-control balloons, harvesting pine nuts in China can be a dangerous business. Traditionally, pickers wearing spiked shoes climb the trees — which can grow to 20 meters (about ...

Antônio Milton Amarante sells araucaria pine nuts at his stall on the roadside of the BR-282 highway, in Bocaina do Sul, Santa Catarina. Image by Fellipe Abreu/Mongabay.