December 14, 2018December 14, 2018 by Luigi Guarino

The maize two-step

Isn’t it great that you can get a bite-sized digest of the latest thinking about maize domestication from the horse’s mouth, via Twitter?

Thread by @LoganKistler: “We’ve been thinking a lot about maize domestication lately and I’m happy to share some new research. People started moving maize around the […]”

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1. Three Sisters rematriated to historical Cherokee Nation.
2. Native grains returning to Indigenous land in Australia too.
3. May need to bring back agricultural practices too, like in Peru.
4. Meanwhile, in India, farmers are trying to grow apples in new places. Go figure.
5. Anyway, seems like the IFOAM Seeds Platform might be able to help.
6. And genebanks too of course, like the Millennium Seed Bank.
7. As part of a comprehensive conservation systems, goes without saying, like in China.
8. Which also include climate-proof protected areas.
9. It worked for soybeans, after all.
10. Well, for now anyway…
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