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E11: Brandon Francis — Being industrious

E11: Brandon Francis — Being industrious

FromToasted Sister Podcast


E11: Brandon Francis — Being industrious

FromToasted Sister Podcast

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Length:
29 minutes
Released:
Jun 1, 2017
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

After the Gold King Mine spill in 2015, Navajo agriculture in the Four Corners area took a turn for the worse. Two years later, Brandon Francis (Navajo), Four Corners farmer and research lab technician at the New Mexico State University Agricultural Science Center in Farmington, New Mexico, is using his science skills to boost Navajo farmers’ confidence in the soil and water. In this episode, Brandon talks about the difficulty of farming in Navajo country, being industrious and Bigfoot.
Released:
Jun 1, 2017
Format:
Podcast episode

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Toasted Sister is radio about Native American food because it came a long way. Traditional indigenous foodways were lost, found, redefined and modernized in the last few hundred years. And here it is today, in the hands of Native chefs and foodies who work to keep their traditional flavors and ingredients alive. I'm Andi Murphy and I'm talking to as many Indigenous foodies as I can.