VPR Public Radio: How some Northeast organizations are trying to return land, decision-making power to people of color

On a windy but warm day earlier this year, Judy Dow walked between rows of corn, beans, squash and sunflowers at Shelburne Farms. A sign explained how the different plants nourish one another.

The purpose of this plot is both to educate visitors, and to produce seeds to share with Indigenous gardens across New England.

“So eat the vegetable, and then save the seed, 'cause what we want is the seed,” Judy said.

Judy specializes in teaching traditional ecological knowledge, and she is the executive director of Gedakina, a network focused on Native American women and their families.