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Hopi farmers in Arizona use traditional dryland farming methods, relying on snowmelt and rain t make the desert bloom. But the last two decades have brought one of the worst droughts in the southwestern US. Prior to 2000, there was only one season, in 1972, without a corn harvest because of lack of precipitation. But over the last 20 years, there’s virtually no harvest every other year. “Being a Hopi is always being that person that you’re going to offer yourself, rather than take." Years of limited harvest have put a strain on that core Hopi value of sharing.
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