Growing change: Homegrown food is one safety net in a less stable world for Native Americans

Indigenous peoples are already central in the fights for clean water and against global warming — food may be next. Local gardens are a budding solution to the food insecurity that plagues indigenous communities. From California to New Mexico to Maine, Native Americans are growing what they eat more and more. Climate change makes these efforts especially urgent, said anthropologist Darren Ranco of the University of Maine in Orono.