Podcast: A matter of a piñon
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Enormous, bushy, spiny and fragrant, the pinyon pine is a cherished characteristic of the Mountain West — and now not appropriate for its class. The microscopic piñon nuts within the tree’s cones are so lawful, other folks within the home have eaten them every fall for limitless generations. But as local climate commerce continues to have an influence on the US, something frightful goes on. The piñon harvest is getting smaller and smaller.
This day we slip to Unusual Mexico, the build the pinyon is the allege’s legitimate tree. We search advice from Axios speed and justice reporter Russell Contreras, who’s based mostly out of Albuquerque and has an up-shut explore of the piñon’s behind disappearance. And a local Unusual Mexican tells us in regards to the nut and tree’s cultural significance.
Host: Gustavo Arellano
Company: Axios speed and justice reporter Russell Contreras and Smithsonian Institution American Girls’s Historical past Initiative director Tey Marianna Nunn
Extra reading:
Op-Ed: Pinyon and juniper woodlands say the West. Why is the BLM turning them to mulch?
About The Times
“The Times” is made by columnist Gustavo Arellano, senior producer Denise Guerra and producers Shannon Lin, Melissa Kaplan and Ashlea Brown. Our engineer is Mario Diaz. Our editors are Lauren Raab and Shani O. Hilton. Our theme song used to be peaceable by Andrew Eapen.