Table of Contents (click to expand)The BeginningsHow Were The Three Sisters Grown?Complementary NutritionWhy Was This Farming Discontinued?Conclusion The Three Sisters refers to a farming technique of intercropping corn, beans and squash on the same farm. Indigenous communities practiced this, as they held that the three crops aided the other’s growth. The practice died out due to European influence on farming and the cultural lives of indigenous people. Long before the modern concepts of s...
