The Year of the Sunflower

The Year of the Sunflower

This year I learned about a Native American agriculture method called "the 3 sisters." A culturally significant traditional method of agriculture practiced by tribal communities throughout the Americas, this method embraces the mutualism of 3 crops: corn, beans, and squash. Instead of growing each crop in a separate bed or field, the 3 are cultivated together. The beans provide soil nitrogen for the corn…