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.
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The crops known as the three sisters generally were considered to be corn, beans and squash (or pumpkins).
Photo courtesy Iowa State UniversityBefore 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.
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