agriculture
Yanadi Economic Tragedies and Successes
The economic situations of two separate groups of Yanadi were described in starkly differing terms last week, as one community has been suffering extreme privation while the other is beginning to prosper. A news report in The Hindu described a group of 16 bonded Yanadi laborers, people who, with their families, had been held in […]
Forest River Hutterite Colony in the News
The Hutterites of the Forest River Colony, in eastern North Dakota, have been in the news again—at least in the Herald from the nearby city of Grand Forks. A reporter from the paper, Marilyn Hagerty, went out to visit the colony, about 22 prairie miles northwest of the city, to spend a day and get […]
Do Raised Bed Gardens Foster Peace?
In a 1989 article, Willis describes how the agriculture of the Ufipa Plateau, where the Fipa people live in southwestern Tanzania, may have been a factor in helping foster their peacefulness. Finger millet, he writes, was the staple crop. The people kept large numbers of cattle, chickens, goats, pigeons, and sheep, with the numbers of […]
