Blue corn and melons: meet the seed keepers reviving ancient, resilient crops

The Guardian
On a windy winter day in Acoma Pueblo in north-western New Mexico, Aaron Lowden knelt beside a field near the San Jose River, the tribe’s primary irrigator for centuries. “The

Native Americans farming practices hold potential amid climate change

The Washington Post
TUCSON — Indigenous peoples have known for millennia to plant under the shade of the mesquite and paloverde trees that mark the Sonoran Desert here, shielding their crops from the

Reclaiming and Expanding Native Foodways in New Mexico, One Seed at a Time

The Santa Fe New Mexican

SAN PEDRO — For the past 34 years, Roxanne Swentzell has worked to save the seeds of her ancestors.

“I remember getting a small pouch of a variety of Pueblo

Remaking New York City in the wake of climate change

Al Jazeera English
New York City, US - On the evening of October 29, 2012, Hurricane Sandy reached the inlet between Long Island and New Jersey and funnelled the Atlantic storm surge into