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Indian Gardens—one more time!

by Rich Wandschneider | Sep 6, 2013 | fur trade, history of corn, Indian gardens, Iroquis farm, maise, mound builders, Pacific Northwest Indians, pre-columbian agriculture, spalding, whitman

Ok, I should have thought this whole thing through before launching food travel theories. Josephy reminded us years ago, in Indian Heritage of America, 1492 and other places, that about half of present world food crops originated in the Western hemisphere: corn,...
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