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Episode 35: The Three Sisters

Episode 35: The Three Sisters

FromWe Dig Plants


Episode 35: The Three Sisters

FromWe Dig Plants

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Length:
27 minutes
Released:
Sep 19, 2010
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

This week on We Dig Plants Alice and Carmen discuss The Three Sisters: corn, beans, and squash. These crops actually produce the highest yield when planted and grown together, and have been planted as such by Native Americans who passed knowledge of the sisters on to early American settlers. This trio also provides a very complete nutritional picture, with the corn providing carbs, the beans protein, and the squash fats an vitamins. Learn about the rich history of these sister veggies with tales of beans-as-currency, and peer at their potential hybridized future. This episode was sponsored by Whole Foods Market.
Released:
Sep 19, 2010
Format:
Podcast episode

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We Dig Plants® brings the Culture to Horticulture. Examining our human interaction with plants via authors, industry professionals, historians, plants people, cooks, gardeners & artists and combining our 20 plus years of designing gardens, we delve into the magic, power and influence of plants within a global context and share that charm with international listeners.