Posted on March 25, 2019
by John Jeavons
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Sustainability isn’t a new concept. For almost 50 years I have worked to create a form of agriculture that helps all people grow abundant nutritious food and fertile soil, in harmony with this beautiful earth. I know that I have been helped and… Continue Reading “Old Ways, New Farmers: How Native Wisdom Can Help Us Create a Better Future”
Category: about crops, arid climate, books, ethnobotany, farming/gardening, GROW THE EARTH, history, history of agriculture, interesting practices, medicinal plants, My favorite things, Native American, Native American practices, native plant, native plants, plants, sustainability, unusual techniquesTags: Akta Lakota, Daniel Moerman, ethnobotany, first people, Handbook of Indian Foods and Fibers of Arid America, hopi, Medicinal plants, Native American Medicinal Plants—An Ethnobotanical Dictionary:, Native peoples, north america, The Hopi Survival Kit, Thomas Mails, tribes
Posted on July 23, 2018
by John Jeavons
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Everyone seemed to enjoy the Lost Crops of Africa so much, I thought I’d mention another treasure from the National Research Council: Lost Crops of the Incas (published in 1989). This book is an excellent resource for anyone interested in ethnobotany and heirloom varieties,… Continue Reading “Lost Crops of the Incas”
Category: about crops, books, Carribean America, Central America, crops, ethnobotany, farming/gardening, food security, grains, GROW THE EARTH, history, Latin America, native plant, native plants, plants, South America, vegetablesTags: central america, crops, ethnobotany, inca, latin america, National Research Council, native crops, plants, south america
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