#indian corn

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Seasonal stuff from the farmers market

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Photo by H. Armstrong Roberts

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Indian Corn ~ Karen Scarpone

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Painted Moutain Corn: A Legacy of Indigenous Agriculture

In honour of Native American Heritage Month 2025, learn about the beautiful Painted Mountain Corn (Zea mays var. amylacea) with me, Dr. Katia Hougaard. Pleaes note that Painted Mountain Corn is NOT a historical indigenous heritage variety, but it was developed from extensive hybridisation of indigenous North American corn varieties with varieties bred by Euro-American colonisers in the 1970s. According to maize expert Stephen Smith (https://www.instagram.com/maizemagician/) Painted Mountain Corn has ancestry from traditional corn varieties bred by the Mandan and Osage indigenous people, and this variety resembles Mandan Bride Corn. 

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