Before there was King Corn, there were the three sisters — corn, beans and squash grown together by Native Americans for centuries. And it just might be that today’s farmers could learn a little from their predecessors.
‘Three sisters’ offer lessons of sustainability today
The crops known as the three sisters generally were considered to be corn, beans and squash (or pumpkins).
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