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PHOTOS: Hopi dry farmer Michael Kotutwa Johnson
Michael Kotutwa Johnson is conducting new agricultural research at the University of Arizona to find solutions and combat environmental trends.

Michael Kotutwa Johnson standing inside his field at Second Mesa in September 2023. (Gabriel Pietrorazio/KJZZ)

Michael Kotutwa Johnson plays fetch with his dog Soya, a Belgian Malinois, by hurling an ear of Hopi corn. (Gabriel Pietrorazio/KJZZ)

Michael Kotutwa Johnson is hold an ear of non-irrigated Hopi white corn as Soya watches on. (Gabriel Pietrorazio/KJZZ)
Michael Kotutwa Johnson farms in the windy high desert. (Lauren Gilger/KJZZ)
Ears of corn are grown in bundles by Hopi dry farmers and later thinned over time. (Gabriel Pietrorazio/KJZZ)

Soya, a Hopi name that translates to ‘Planting Stick,’ carries a tossed ear of corn in Second Mesa. (Gabriel Pietrorazio/KJZZ)
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