Native American Agriculture Predates European Colonists

Native American Agriculture Predates European Colonists

The Agricultural Roots of Early America Long before European colonists arrived in North America, Indigenous peoples were developing sophisticated ways to obtain food from the land. While agricultural practices varied widely among Native American cultures and regions, the history of farming in what is now the United States reaches back thousands of years. In this edition of the American Agriculture History Minute, Mark Oppold examines the agricul…