Have you heard about the “Three Sisters?” Those are the crops of corn, beans and squash. For centuries, they’ve been at the ...

This symbiotic relationship benefits both crops, as the beans gain elevation and access to sunlight, while the corn enjoys the nitrogen-fixing properties of the beans’ roots. While you can grow bush ...

Photograph by Sterling College via Flickr. The Three Sisters is an important intercropping method of gardening developed by farmers of Indigenous cultures whereby three crops are planted together in a ...

Some East Coast tribes such as the Iroquois and Cherokee referred to this combination of crops as the Three Sisters, planting the corn on small hills throughout the field, surrounded by beans ...

Taken together, these policies almost entirely eradicated three sisters agriculture from Native communities ... sunflowers and other crops. This effort is important for many reasons. Improving Native ...

The three sisters refer to a traditional trio of plants grown by various Indigenous Peoples across North and Central America—corn, climbing beans and squash. When planted side by side these crops help ...