Researchers have long recognized the importance of agaves to Mesoamerica and its cultures, the plants providing food, fiber and beverage. However, their significance to these cultures has overshadowed and distorted the plants’ role for Indigenous Peoples north of the U.S. – Mexico border. Pre-Columbian farmers grew no less than six and possibly as many as […]
Keynote: Agaves and Humans – An Affair for the Ages
