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Profit margins and prioritising short term gains. :(
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If the shoe fits, Dr. Bryophyte. ;)
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I fixed it, the AI I used to organise fucked up my link.
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I prefer her book on Moss. Check it out if you have not!!!
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That’s a common misconception. Three Sisters polyculture can be more “efficient” than monoculture when you measure “efficiency” by nutritional yield and soil health rather than just ease of machine-harvesting. And while many operations utilize modern machinery, the “efficiency” of monoculture is actively being re-evaluated in the face of climate change. It can produce up to 20% more protein per acre than corn grown alone, while significantly reducing the need for synthetic nitrogen and irrigation.^7,8^ Large-scale tribal operations are increasingly using “strip intercropping,” which is alternating rows of corn/beans and squash, to allow for modern mechanized harvesting while maintaining the soil-health benefits of the traditional system.^9^ This is resilience-based commercial farming that utilizes what is called Traditional Ecological Knowledge (TEK) to survive droughts that kill monocultures.^10,11^
8: A framework to guide future farming research with Indigenous communities (2025)
9: Indigenous Food and Agriculture Initiative: Regenerating Native Agriculture
10: Why Indigenous Seed Keepers Hold the Future of Agriculture (2026)
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I did a little research, check it out above. :)
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I looked it up: According to the 2022 USDA Census of Agriculture, there are over 80,000 Indigenous-operated farms in the U.S., covering over 57 million acres.^1^ The Cherokee Nation has its own Secretary of Natural Resources and a dedicated Seed Bank program that distributes traditional heirloom seeds (like Cherokee White Eagle Corn) to thousands of tribal citizens every year to maintain food sovereignty.^2,3^ However, Native American agriculture is a multi-billion dollar industry. It’s not “subsistence” in the 1700s sense; it’s a mix of large-scale ranching, commercial cropping, and traditional community gardens. Regarding the renaissance I mentioned: There is a massive “Food Sovereignty” movement right now where tribes are reclaiming their health and economies by growing their own traditional foods to combat issues like diabetes and food deserts.^4^
1: nass.usda.gov/…/Census22_HL_AmericanIndianANProdu… 2: naturalresources.cherokee.org/…/seed-bank/ 3: cherokee.gov/…/secretary-of-natural-resources-off… 4: indigenousfoodandag.com
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There is a huge community of indigenous agriculture in the US. I wouldn’t be surprised if there are a few Cherokee operations going. From what I see on IG it is going through a bit of a renaissance, but it is not my field.
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Having worked directly with these communities, this is what I was taught, but I am happy to be corrected.
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The Iroquois are the Haudenosaunee. The latter is the modern, more culturally appropriate term. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iroquois
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Listen, not all of us are proud of everything we plug our holes with.
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The computational archaeologists run archaeo.social for Mastodon/Matrix. :) They are a rad group.
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