And for the Diné and many other Indigenous nations, the public health crises caused by food inequality are generations old. Image Nate Etsitty teaches young gardeners, and cultivates Indigenous seeds using traditional methods. Etsitty’s closest friends, has been advising gardeners growing Indigenous seeds. In 2015, he found a handful of white corn kernels in a jar, 35 years after his grandmother hid them for safekeeping. He turned his discovery into a business, Red Earth Gardens, and gives kernels to interested members of the Nation.

Source: International New York Times August 03, 2020 20:15 UTC