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The Turquoise Room at La Posada

June 29, 2012 By admin

Celebrating Southwest Flavors Winslow, Arizona · By Gary Paul Nabhan When you leave the noonday heat of the Painted Desert and come into the cool, colorful halls of the historic La Posada Hotel in Winslow, Arizona, it sometimes feels as though you are going back in time. Designed by pioneering Southwest architect Mary Colter at […]

Filed Under: Arizona, Arts and Culture, Business - small (<20 employees), Culinary Arts, SW book

Diné, Inc.

June 29, 2012 By admin

Seba Dalkai, Arizona · By Roger Clark Healing Tradition through Innovation The sun has barely risen as Morgan Yazzie walks out to his fallow cornfield in Chandler Springs Valley on the southwestern edge of the Navajo Nation. It sits in an arid landscape, treeless for miles, that to the untutored eye looks profoundly ill-suited to […]

Filed Under: Arizona, SW book

Hopi’s NativeSUN

June 29, 2012 By admin

Something New – and Old – under the Sun Kykotsmovi, Arizona · By Peter Friederici During most daylight hours the sun shines strong on the Hopi mesas of northeastern Arizona, ripening the corn, warming the houses, and forming the clouds that nourish crops. For the last twenty years it has also powered the electrical systems […]

Filed Under: Arizona, Business - mid-sized (>21 employees), Community Development and Design, Energy and Green Building, Renewable Energy, Rural Business Development, Solar, SW book

The Masayesva Family

June 29, 2012 By admin

Water as Life Black Mesa, Arizona · By Gary Paul Nabhan Patuwaqatsi. When Hopi elders say “water is life” it is not a cliché but a fact of life. Anyone who doubts that the Hopi truly honor water as something that tangibly sustains their lives should visit a farm tucked back in the headwaters of […]

Filed Under: Arizona, Business - family, Corn & Soybeans, Farming, Ranching and Landscaping, Field Crops, Fruits, Horticultural crops, SW book, Vegetables

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