Indigenous Tribes Engineered British Columbia’s Modern Hazelnut Forests More Than 7,000 Years Ago
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https://www.science.org/content/article/indigenous-tribes-engineered-british-columbia-s-modern-hazelnut-forests-more-7000-years <-- shared technical article
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https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2402304121 <-- shared paper
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[not my usual ‘sort of thing’ to post - as broad as that is - but I found this fascinating; it reminds me, in a sense, of the Incas incrementally selecting corn stock that can handle higher and higher altitudes, in ‘research stations’, although those were a domesticated crop]
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Indigenous tribes engineered British Columbia’s modern hazelnut forests 7k+ yrs ago
https://www.science.org/content/article/indigenous-tribes-engineered-british-columbia-s-modern-hazelnut-forests-more-7000-years
nonpaywalled: https://archive.fo/8qblQ

* could help First Nations secure land rights, Cdn courts
* actively cultivated crop
* transported hazelnuts 800 km
* cultivate nutritious/reliable food source in new regions

Genetic differentiation/precolonial Indigenous cultivation of hazelnut
https://www.pnas.org/doi/abs/10.1073/pnas.2402304121

Study showing how Australian Aboriginal people shaped the distribution of useful plants across their lands, dispersing them in more preferable areas, etc:

"The findings call into question our whole notions of what agriculture is," said Douglas Bird, study co-author and professor of anthropology at Penn State. "Rather than thinking about the difference between agricultural societies and hunter-gatherer societies as a matter of kind, we'd be better off thinking about it as a matter of degree—that people influence plants long before they engage in what we think of as farming."" - https://phys.org/news/2024-10-landscape-effects-hunter-reshape-idea.amp

Peoples who are used to living with the environment (instead of "against" it) understand that often the best interventions are the ones that are extremely subtle. In this case, the interventions were so subtle that they didn't fit into traditional western understandings of cultivation and agriculture.

So it's good to see this kind of subtle cultivation getting more recognized by science. There are many ways to live with the environment and to place the resources you need into places that are convenient for you and your people. The more that westerners can learn that, the more possibilities open up for how to live with the land.

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My last stock of this seasonal #chili from our place, #Mizoram. Locally called ‘#hmarchate’, the common name would be ‘Birds eye chill’ (Capsicum frutescens, for the sophisticated). Read somewhere that the bright colors are due to the soil that’s formed during Jhum #cultivation. Paper here.

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"Alora’s mission is to ‘activate’ #salinity tolerance in land-grown #plants, such as rice... In parallel, the company aims to solve the problem of methane emissions often associated with traditional #rice #cultivation techniques. This is achieved by growing rice in irrigated soils with #salt #water, an #environment that hinders the growth of methane-emitting bacteria"

The proposal of irrigating soil with saltwater is a very, very shortsighted strategy

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First harvest of Pleurotus ostreatus from the 5L bucket of cardboard and used coffee grounds I inoculated with cardboard spawn.

“You need to have deep pockets for #PalmOil #cultivation.” said this #farmer who gave up on his plans on #palm oil cultivation. Sad for him but equally glad because of the obvious harmful #climate & #environment repercussions. Wonder how it’s going on with the award Patanjali got for Palm oil cultivation from the ‘generous’ BJP government in #Arunachal. #agriculture

I've read three #books this year chronicling human history. They all mention that #farming got started in multiple places independently ~12,000 years ago, but offer zero explanation as to why. Why should this lifestyle change be coordinated? Finally a book on #China provided the answer with a throwaway line. Global #climate changes messed up food resources, causing some people to lean much more heavily on the #cultivation they were already practicing, leading to full-time farming.

#Jhum #Cultivation. A view from the top. You really don’t have options when the terrain is such. @mastodonindians #mastindia

#January 25, 1938
#OTD The Barre Daily Times out of Barre, #Vermont, reported on a survey of #Garden tools & practices used by 740 #Farm families by the #NewHampshire Farm Bureau Federation.

The common #Hoe was the most popular tool for garden #Cultivation - used in nearly 500 #Gardens.

Horse cultivators were second, used by more than 40 families.

240 gardens were tilled with a wheel cultivator, while just 14 boasted #Tractor-drawn machines to till the #Soil.

#December 2, 1707
#OTD Johann Hecker, #German #Theologian & #Educator is born.

Johann installed #Gardens at his #Schools to teach hands-on #Botany.

Johann taught the #Cultivation of the #Mulberry #Tree.

This was a #Strategic move on his part since the production of #Silk & the care of #Silkworms found #Favor with the #King of #Prussia, #Frederick the #Great.

Thanks to Johann, both #Teachers & #Students tended the large #Mulberry #Plantation & learned the culture of silk & #Mulberries.