Graze Master Group

Like us, corn has ancestors too. The original being an ancient grass called teosinte. Not far from the International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center in Texcoco, Mexico, corn’s wild ancestor originated, far before even the Mayan or Aztec people integrated corn into their lifestyles. Far, far before some of our Anglo Saxon ancestors were feeding corn to hogs in their home countries, never considering it in the realm of human food.

September is settling into the cornfields. The relentless sun faded stalks from green to golden brown. She blazed with a sort of hellfire during many of the hotter than ever recorded before days this summer. We were forced to contend with her. Then some rains came, (for some at least).

Nebraska naturalist, cattlemen, and now author and photographer, Del Ficke, has published, “And Nature Happened,” a visual and philosophically sensual journey through landscapes transformed by regenerative practices.