(crickets chirping) - my name is michael kotutwa johnson. i'm a member of the hopi tribe. we're located up in northern arizona about 90 miles northeast of flagstaff. we live in what they call a semi-arid climate. it's right in the middle of a big drought period, what they call extreme drought. after my grandfather passed away, i started getting seeds from different people out here, and i started planting. then what i did was i opened up more fields, because i wanted to plant more and increase the supply of corn that we had. and you can see... some of our beans that i had planted... are doing pretty good down here. they're starting to come up pretty good. these are called hatico. they're brown lima beans. so they're doing pretty good. they look pretty strong, 'cause there's so much moisture in the ground. no irrigation, folks. (soft instrumental music) and you can see in certain spots the corn is starting to come up from about a foot depth. so in about a week, these will really be showing really good here. you know what i mean? really good. it's a good day today, because yo