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EPISODE · Nov 23, 2023 · 18 MIN

A Hopi farmer is using ancient practices to grow crops in Arizona — with no irrigation

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In the West, ongoing drought is forcing us all to think about how we use water differently. Hopi farmer and University of Arizona faculty member Michael Kotutwa Johnson is using ancient practices to grow food. Our radio partners visited Johnson in his fields, and learned more about the ways he grows corn, squash and beans and why he wants native seeds repatriated back to Indigenous communities like his.

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