Tribes hope Farm Bill can feed more people and preserve Indigenous culture
At Ashawaug Farm in southwest Rhode Island, Narragansett growers cultivate heritage white corn, succotash beans and crookneck squash while tribes push for Farm Bill support to expand local food programs and protect Indigenous foodways.
HOPKINTON, R.I. (AP) — At Ashawaug Farm in southwest Rhode Island, Dawn and Cassius Spears preserve their Indigenous knowledge of agriculture through the cultivation and keeping of three Narragansett heritage crops: white corn, succotash beans and crookneck squash.