Muisca agriculture

Okay, so you know how we like to eat food, right? And sometimes our parents and other people grow food in a special place called a farm. The Muisca people were a group of people who lived a long, long time ago in a place now called Colombia. They also grew their own food, and their way of doing it is called Muisca agriculture.

Muisca agriculture was all about using the land in a way that helped plants grow really, really well. One of the main things they did was called terracing, which means they made flat steps in the side of hills to grow crops on. This helped them control the amount of water that the plants got, and kept the soil from washing away when it rained.

They also used a lot of different kinds of crops, like corn, potatoes, and beans. What's cool is that they also figured out how to grow some crops that we don't usually see very often today, like quinoa and different kinds of herbs.

Sometimes they would even use fish in their agriculture! They would catch fish from nearby rivers and then use them to help fertilize the land. That means they would put the fish in the soil to give it good nutrients, so the plants could grow even better.

Overall, the Muisca people were really smart about using the land around them to grow food. They took care of the soil, used different types of crops, and even figured out how to use fish to help the plants grow. So the next time you see a farm or eat some yummy veggies, you can remember how the Muisca people were experts at agriculture a long, long time ago!