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Milpa

Mossy fields of corn and beans, like a Yucatán forest floor.

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Milpa is a soft green.

It can be described as soft, light, fresh and matte.

Set in black, because black reads best on it.

Milpa

Milpa

In agriculture, a milpa is a field for growing food crops and a crop-growing system used throughout Mesoamerica, especially in the Yucatán Peninsula, in Mexico. The word milpa derives from the Nahuatl words milli and pan. Based on the agronomy of the Maya and of other Mesoamerican peoples, the milpa system is used to produce crops of maize, beans, and squash primarily.

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milpa

Noun

  1. A cyclical crop-growing system used throughout Mesoamerica.
  2. A small field, especially in Mexico or Central America, that is cleared from the jungle, cropped for a few seasons, and then abandoned for a fresh clearing.
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