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The value of this ecological approach has also spread to non-Native growers interested in polyculture, permaculture, and other sustainable agriculture practices.

Although the Three Sisters were forcibly diminished by marginalizing policies in the U.S., there has been a growing interest in revitalizing these traditions as part of the Indigenous food movement that seeks food sovereignty for Native peoples.

Benefits of milpa include:
- No synthetic fertilizers or pesticides
- Less taxation on the soil
- Provides a variety of food nutrients
- Slows the spread of disease
- All 3 can be dried to provide year-round food

This agricultural system has been used by at least 15 Native groups or nations in North America.

According to the Iroquois, the Three Sisters crops were gifts from the gods.

They were meant to be inseparable, grown and consumed together to provide a nourishing diet.

The youngest sister, the squash, is the slowest to emerge and grows along the ground.

The large fan-shaped leaves provide shade that retains soil moisture for all three crops.

Corn is the eldest sister because it emerges from the ground first.

The established cornstalks then form a natural trellis to support the beans.

Beans, the middle sister, provide nitrogen to fertilize the soil for the other two plants.

Milpa intercropping most commonly involves sowing the seeds of all three plants together in hills or mounds.

In Three Sisters traditions, the birth order is:
- Corn: oldest
- Bean: middle
- Squash: youngest

On our way!

While we’re here, we'd love to give a shoutout to Soccer, the dog actor who played beloved Wishbone on the PBS series by the same name.

Give Wishbone the Emmy!

(NOT HER)

The wishbone must be completely dry and brittle before it will snap, which can take up to a few days.

To speed up the process, try popping it in the oven for a few minutes.

(BEGGING YOU NOT TO POP THIS DOG IN THE OVEN)

The tradition originated with an ancient Italian civilization who kept chickens’ fulcrums, believing them to have access to divine power.

The ritual moved through Europe and the US, where it evolved into breaking the wishbone for good luck.

(SERIOUSLY, NOT HIM)

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While flying between Seattle and Reno, Nevada, Cooper lowered the rear steps and jumped.

The FBI launched what would become one of its longest and most exhaustive investigations in its history.

Cooper was never caught.

After the flight landed in Seattle, Cooper released the 36 passengers once the ransom was secured.

But he forced two pilots, a flight engineer, and a flight attendant to remain on the plane and ordered them to fly him to Mexico City.

Shortly after takeoff, Cooper handed a note to a flight attendant in which he claimed to have a bomb in his briefcase.

He demanded a ransom of $200,000, as well as four parachutes.

FWIW In the true spirit of the season, we were feeling so spontaneous that we forgot to post this yesterday.