KRQE Blogs

Growing hope: Farm project embraces Indigenous agriculture traditions

CORRALES, N.M. (KRQE) – A group in central New Mexico is working to build a network of Native farmers by providing education on Indigenous practices of agriculture. The Indigenous Farm Hub is in its ...
Forbes

Indigenous Wisdom Meets Innovation For A More Resilient Food Future

Indigenous women of Amazonia speak to the media at a press conference during COP29. (Photo by Dominika Zarzycka/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images) Globally, powerful solutions are emerging by ...
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Indigenous US farm workers face greater job-related pain compared to undocumented peers, study suggests

Farming is a notoriously hard profession with long hours spent operating dangerous equipment and performing other arduous tasks. New Rice University research finds that Indigenous farm employees—many ...
KGUN 9

Indigenous farming: Winter solstice is a time to rest, reflect and nourish

TUCSON, Ariz. (KGUN) — The 2023 Winter Solstice was Thursday evening, bringing longer days and shorter nights as time goes on. Friday was the first full day of winter as Tucsonans saw rain and a shift ...
OPB

Indigenous farmer seeks solutions in drought-plagued Central Oregon

Owner of Sakari Farms is finding innovative ways to continue her native plant and seed business in the face of water shortages. Left: Hopi red amaranth grows in starter trays in a greenhouse at Sakari ...
Civil Eats

A Return to Native Agriculture

The U.S. government actively suppressed Indigenous farming practices, according to Carter, who works for Native Seeds/SEARCH. Case in point: In 1819, Congress established a government fund to hire non ...
The Bulletin

Unfrozen grant for Oregon Indigenous farm to help plant native trees, further traditional knowledge

A few miles south of Salem, the Elderberry Wisdom Farm uses generations of traditional knowledge to grow native plants, restore habitats and train Indigenous adults and other underrepresented students ...
Civil Eats

Tracing Regenerative Farming to its Indigenous Roots

The Mexica, the Indigenous people of the Valley of Mexico who ruled the Aztec Empire in the 1300s, recognized some 60 different soil classes and had a word for soil that had been degraded by careless ...
KRQE Blogs

Indigenous Farm Hub brings locally grown food to families

Teaching sustainability while gaining accessibility. The Indigenous Farm Hub engages Indigenous communities in creating a network of farmers and families that will strengthen local and sustainable ...
Fairbanks Daily News-Miner

Indigenous roots: Calypso Farm to build on Alaska Native agriculture trainers

Calypso Farm and Ecology Center’s long tradition of imparting training on others will take on stronger roots by training Indigenous farmers, who will in turn impart the knowledge to others, thanks to ...
Outside

In the Water-Starved West, Can Ancient Stewardship Practices Save the Soil?

Driving east along U.S. Highway 20, barren hills intersect the horizon even as they seem to stay a certain distance away, no matter how long you keep driving. This far northwestern corner of the Great ...