FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. – Michael Kotutwa Johnson, research associate with the Native American Agriculture Fund, is the guest speaker for Monday's Spring Department of Crop, Soil and Environmental Sciences Seminar Series.

Johnson's lecture is "Continuity of Hopi Agriculture."

He is speaking at 3:30 p.m. on Monday, Jan. 27, in Plant Science Building Room 009. His presentation is open to everyone on campus.

Johnson is a member of the Hopi Tribe in Northern Arizona. He is a traditional farmer and practitioner, and has presented many lectures on the topic of Hopi dryland farming — a practice of his people for more than two mellennia.

Johnson, who earned his Ph.D. from the University of Arizona's School of Natural Resources and the Environment, focuses primarily on Indigenous Agriculture Knowledge as it relates to conservation and subsistence farming.

His most recent work, Barriers to PES programs in Indigenous communities: A lesson in land tenure insecurity from the Hopi Indian reservation has been published in Ecosystem Services.

The NAAF provides grants to eligible organizations for business assistance, agricultural education, technical support and advocacy services to support Native farmers and ranchers. It is the largest philanthropic organization devoted solely to serving the Native American farming and ranching community.

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