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Whipstone Farm

June 29, 2012 By admin

Farming To Sustain Community Paulden, Arizona · By Tim Swinehart Having cleaned chimneys for much of his life, Cory Rade decided about ten years ago to mix things up a bit and try farming. He was unfazed by the fact that he and his family had very little farming experience. Today, as he talks about […]

Filed Under: SW book

Oakhaven Permaculture Center

June 29, 2012 By admin

Making Use of Natural Connections Hesperus, Colorado · By Rachel Turiel Hinds In another time and place Tom Riesing crunched numbers on Wall Street. Christie Berven taught elementary school. Since meeting in 1998, the two have become born-again zealots for their cause: soil, earthworms, beet greens. Tom and Christie are the creators of Oakhaven Permaculture […]

Filed Under: 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

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

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