
Ancient American Indians sustainably sourced and cultivated three of their most important crops: corn, beans and squash. They called these foods the “three sacred sisters” because the plants protected and nurtured one another as they grew. The corn was planted in a mound of earth, the beans were planted in a circular pattern around the corn stalks and the squash seeds circled the beans. As the sacred sisters grew, the beans climbed up the cornstalks and the squash leaves shaded … Read the entire post >