Learning
that the planting of the three sister was also called milpa was interesting. I
had heard of planting corn, peas and squash together was and old native
American method of growing. I had also known that it was a beneficial way of
growing the three plants. However, I had not known its name or that it
originated in Mexico area. I had also heard of the beneficial root fungi in my Regenerative Agriculture lab, but I had never heard that there are
one that the author referred to as selfish AMFs. Lastly, hearing the
difference between the farms in the northwest American and Mexico was both
inspiring and a little sad to hear about. The farm in Mexico sound like it was
more mirrored in nature whereas the farm in the United States seemed like the
typical monoculture farm that had nothing but a single plant with farmers that believe
their methods to be the civilized way and thus superior method of farming when
compared to Mexican farmers. To me this thinking leads the US farmers to
believe themselves superior and to thus then look down on the Mexican farmers believing
they have been doing it wrong for their entire lives.
Wednesday, April 10, 2024
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I agree that it was interesting to hear about the milpa technique and the benefits of growing these three crops together, and how much of a difference it made within these farms compared to the average farm. I agree that more often than not the U.S refers to themselves as superior, when in reality they are missing out on helpful farming tactics just because they do not want to change their ways or adapt to better techniques.
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