Dr. Michael Kotutwa Johnson presents on Hopi Dry Farming: 2000 Years of Resiliency

Recorded on February 25th, 2021 Annual Dry Farming Collaborative Winter Meeting
Dr. Michael Kotutwa Johnson, a member of the Hopi Tribe in Northern Arizona, serves as the Native American Agriculture Fund’s (NAAF) Research Associate. Dr. Johnson received his PhD from the University of Arizona’s School of Natural Resources and the Environment. Dr. Johnson is a traditional Hopi farmer and practitioner and has given extensive lectures on the topic of Hopi dryland farming - a practice of his people for over two millennia - throughout his academic and professional career. Dr. Johnson’s work focuses on Indigenous Agriculture Knowledge (IAK), as it relates to the areas of conservation and subsistence farming. His most recent work, Barriers to PES programs in Indigenous communities: A lesson in land tenure insecurity from the Hopi Indian reservation has been published in Ecosystem Services.
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[@ObamaoZedong]

This was an amazing lecture! I could listen to him talk all day. Might have to take him up on the offer to visit.

[@hands2hearts-seeds2feedamu83]

My main issue is the lack of water 💧, other than rain. We haul in our drinking and animals water. At this time im looking to find a very low cost way to store rain water we get plenty here i just dont have a way to hold ut at this time and do no have money to buy them. 😔 i love seeing my squash frow from seeds i saved, it is such a beautiful thing... last yr we had a drought, but i still got some squash, a Butternut and Delicota, and seeds from my Super Sioux tomatoes 🍅 😋

[@PsychicTarotMediumSchool]

So grateful to you for sharing your wisdom and knowledge. Thank you so much!

[@ellenorbjornsdottir1166]

Is there any way by which I can contribute to ensuring these people's lives and practices are viable for the next 2 millennia?

[@MickHuerta]

Thank you for your efforts! For the corn and for the people ...

[@theoroth3669]

What Fertilizer do Hopifarmers use?

[@ObamaoZedong]

He said he lets the corn decompose in place and the monsoons bring a layer of fresh earth each year.

[@mainerockflour3462]

That area used to be ocean floor, but the minerals have become diminished from 100's of generations farming there.

[@rwg727]

You said that you don't manipulate the environment to grow your corn but you do. You clear every bit of vegetation on it to grow your corn. Then you leave it bare and exposed when you clear your crop

[@littlegreen5845]

Dust bowl?

[@ellenorbjornsdottir1166]

Yeah, that's the one

[@frankytrevor7]

no information about dry farming at all! Too much bla, bla

[@likestowatch5]

Mostly a bunch of racist nonsense