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re: Many food and agricultural varieties going "extinct"?
Posted on 4/1/14 at 4:53 pm to Mike da Tigah
Posted on 4/1/14 at 4:53 pm to Mike da Tigah
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One thing I know is the corn we got from the Indians is so far gone I don't think it can be found anywhere.
True. That's because the seed banks were only created about 100 years ago. Indian corn is waaay older than that.
BTW, Indians didn't plant corn in rows. They bunched them into little 'islands' each stalk surrounded by some beans. The bean sprouts surrounding the corn stalk deterred deer from eating the corn. The deer couldn't stand the smell of beans. I guess it gave them gas.
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Posted on 4/1/14 at 6:03 pm to Zach
thats a pretty cool tidbit
Posted on 4/1/14 at 7:10 pm to Zach
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BTW, Indians didn't plant corn in rows.
Neither do the farmers in the Midwest/ corn belt. Only the farmers down here and only because of furrow irrigation. Up there it's all planted flat.
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