Zachariah and Mary Ben became frustrated with the lack of fresh baby food at area grocery stores. So Zachariah, a sixth-generation Diné farmer, and his wife, Mary, a first-generation Hungarian American with experience in public health, started growing their own traditional foods—Navajo corn, amaranth, squash, beans, and melons. With Zachariah’s background in permaculture and traditional farming, the couple coaxed crops from
