From 2010: #Navajo Commercial Farm Using #GeneticallyModified Seeds, Despite Global Protests

By #BrendaNorrell, #CensoredNews, June 16, 2010

"While #IndigenousPeoples protest #Monsanto’s genetically modified seeds around the world, the Navajo Nation’s commercial farm, #NavajoAgriculturalProductsIndustries, continues to use these seeds for commercial crops.

"Haitian farmers are now burning donated Monsanto seeds. In India, thousands of farmers committed suicide after switching from traditional seeds to genetically modified seeds. In Chiapas, Mayan farmers have refused to use the seeds which damaged heritage seed stock. Cross pollination from genetically modified seeds can endanger crops from ancient seed stock in the region.

"#Navajos have long planted century-old corn using traditional #DryFarming. Navajos relied on the stars to know when to plant and sometimes planted in spirals, according to Navajo elders in Rock Point, Arizona.

[...]

"However today the Navajo commercial farm boasts on its website that it plants genetic #HybridCorn seed purchased from '#PioneerSeed Company, #Syngenta Inc., and Monsanto companies." The commercial farm, NAPI, is located on the Navajo Nation near Farmington, N.M., and grows commercial food crops, including corn for potato chips, along with potatoes, wheat and other crops.

"Around the world, #Monsanto and genetically modified seeds have meant death for Indigenous Peoples and their crops."

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"The area of northwest #NewMexico has been known as a 'US Sacrifice Area,' since the 1970s. It is the Navajo people who
have been sacrificed, by way of the US government working in collusion with #corporations and the elected Navajo Nation government.

"While #NAPI continues to use genetically modified seeds on its commercial farm, NAPI also has a #RaytheonMissile manufacturing plant located on the commercial farm where the crops are grown, a fact many would like kept secret. The fact that the Raytheon Missile factory is located on the Navajo farm was censored by Indian Country Today in 2006. At that time, Cuba was expressing interest in purchasing food products from NAPI and Indian Country Today editors demanded
that no research be done on Raytheon's missile plant at the farm or any possible pollutants discharged from Raytheon."

Read more:
https://bsnorrell.blogspot.com/2010/06/navajo-commercial-farm-using.html
#CorporateColonialism #GMOs #BigAg
#EndCapitalism #Colonialism #Decolonize #TraditionalFoods
#Capitalism #CulturalGenocide

"Farmers globally are exploring and adopting dry farming methods as a climate resilience strategy to cope with less water available for irrigation.”

https://dryfarming.org/resources/

#DryFarming #gardening #drought #ClimateBreakdown

This traditional Hopi farming method, taught by his grandfather, counters harsh elements and preserves soil moisture. It involves planting 8-10 corn kernels and beans per hole, spaced apart. #DryFarming #SoilConservation

[Short Film] Harvesting the Future

"#Agriculture can thrive in the desert. The #TohonoOodham people have used #AkChin farming, a form of #DryFarming, to grow crops for thousands of years. In this short documentary by #WenonaBenally and #SalBaldenegro from Tucson, #Arizona, cultural experts demonstrate these traditional practices and implementations for future community planning."

Watch:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BXyYr24tRyk&list=PLtiOgIRVt407KkUa7gtlkGIuTD5YU6bqT&index=3

#IndigenousKnowledge
#NativeAmericanHeritageMonth #ClimateChange #WaterIsLife #IndigenousHistory #ClimateChangeSolutions
#PublicTelevision #WGBH #FilmSeries #LegacyOfTheLand #ClimateChange #ChangingClimate #IndigenousFilmmakers #NOVA #ClimateChange #HarvestingTheFuture #FoodSecurity

#sicilia #sicily #happyisland #isolafelice #italy
#Corleone #Valledolmo #Vallelunga #Paceco #PomodoroSeccagno #SicilianFood #SicilianTomato
#seccagno #aridocoltura #agricoltura #sostenibilità #rispettoambientale #dryfarming #agriculture #sustainability #environmentalrespect#waterconservation #climateaction

Corleone, Valledolmo, Vallelunga, Paceco: ogni lembo di Sicilia ha il suo pomodoro seccagno - Sicilia Agricoltura https://www.siciliaagricoltura.it/2024/09/09/corleone-valledolmo-vallelunga-paceco-ogni-lembo-di-sicilia-ha-il-suo-pomodoro-seccagno/

#sicilia #sicily #italy #happyisland #isolafelice
#Viticoltura #Acqua #Enologia #Siccità #Siccagna #Desertificazione #WineGrapes #WaterManagement #WineProduction #ClimateChange #DryFarming #SustainableAgriculture

“Ma la Sicilia può tornare a una viticoltura senz’acqua” https://qds.it/sicilia-puo-tornare-viticoltura-senza-acqua/

This year I am tending several acres of Pinot Noir vineyard that was planted in the late 1990s and has never had irrigation installed. I'm looking forward to discovering how much flavor will develop in the grapes with thoughtful pruning, #dryfarming and hopefully late rain this fall.
For more on dry #farming #wine #grapes, check out episodes 440 & 441 of Wine for Normal People (https://youtube.com/@WineForNormalPeople?feature=shared), with @jasonchaas and Will Henry of Tablas Creek Vineyards and Lumen, respectively.
https://youtu.be/fnE_N6HdGAA?feature=shared
https://youtu.be/-w-PzaSptsM?feature=shared
This podcast and these guests in particular gave me the inspiration to try this dry farming project.

I'm behind, so a bonus second #seed catalog for my US & Canada #gardening friends!

This is Adaptive Seeds. They have both cool/ wet open pollinated seeds & lately #DryFarming seeds for hot/dry climate permutations. As I've said before, I follow the advice of planting for hot/dry, hot/humid & wet/cool so something is able to grow in spite of my fluctuating conditions. I especially like their fabulous bean selections!

#permaculture #sustainability #growyourown

https://www.adaptiveseeds.com/

Agriculture uses the lion’s share of any state’s water. We need to use a lot less as global warming makes our droughts worse.

Dry farming could help agriculture in the western U.S. amid climate change
https://www.sciencenews.org/article/dry-farming-agriculture-climate-change

#water #ClimateChange #GlobalWarming #Drought #agriculture #DryFarming #Farming

Dry farming, which doesn't require irrigation, has roots stretching back milennia. But in the western United States, the practice largely fell out of widespread use in the 20th century.

Today, however, farmers in the West are once again experimenting with dry #farming as they grapple with water shortages, which are being exacerbated by rising temperatures and more frequent and intense droughts linked to #climatechange.

Learn more:
https://www.sciencenews.org/article/dry-farming-agriculture-climate-change

#science #dryfarming

@Sador_Numspaq Nach kurzer Recherche (=Google) scheint es ein wassersparender Anbau zu sein. Vielleicht kann das jemand noch einordnen.
#dryfarming