Many people think Three Sisters is a new gardening concept. Actually, it’s an ancient practice that has been used by Indigenous farmers throughout much of the Americas, from Canada to Chile. It’s more ...
For thousands of years, long before European colonizers arrived to North America, Native Americans thrived off of the simple Three Sisters agricultural concept — just corn, beans and squash. The corn ...
At first blush, there may be no more extreme fish-out-of-water scenario than having SXSW—a tech-forward, digital free for all—play host to an organization focused on the sustainable agriculture ...
According to some Indigenous communities across the Americas, Corn is a holy crop and she has sisters: Beans and Squash. For these communities, the three sister crops are meant to be grown and served ...
When Three Sisters visited SUNY Cortland last week, it wasn’t for a regular campus visit. It was to revive a tradition that’s thousands of years old. Ethan Tyo, a member of the Akwesasne Mohawk Nation ...