A Maya farmer prepares his or her milpa by cutting and burning a small area of forest plowing the earth planting seeds by poking a hole in the soil with a sharpened stick spreading chemical fertilizer on the sprouting crops The milpa cycle resulted in massive deforestation during the peak of the Maya civilization polluted waterways because of chemical fertilizer runoff a high percentage of the land kept forested plenty of habitat for birds and other animals A milpa typically has several species of plants growing in the same field True False Modern milpa farmers are carrying on a tradition based on thousands of years of accumulated knowledge True False Time's up
