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Mohawk Seedkeeper, Stephen Silverbear McComber

The No-Till Growers Podcast Network

Release Date: 12/04/2024

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Stephen Silverbear McComber is a seedkeeper and a recently elected chief on the Mohawk Council of KahnawΓ :ke whose portfolio is sustainable development. Silverbear tells us about the seeds that different people shared with him while visiting different First Nations communities within the Confederacy. He tells us how he has taken care of these seeds and a generation later, he has been able to return some of these seeds to the families of the folks who shared them with him, and the joy and connection that this brings. Silverbear explains how he plants by the phases of the moon, and what crops he plants during different periods, how the spring has been starting later than it used to and the autumn is also ending later and the challenges that creates for growing food. Silverbear explains how it is important to select corn and other crops to adapt to this changing environment and to your bioregion. We then do a deep dive into growing squash for seed and hand pollination techniques.

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