Where The Water Lands
Southern New Mexico farmer Shahid Mustafa begins to untangle the matter of water rights in a desert climate.
Read MoreFeb 24, 2024 | Foodshed, Late Winter 2024
Southern New Mexico farmer Shahid Mustafa begins to untangle the matter of water rights in a desert climate.
Read MoreReporting on food co-ops in the state, farmer and co-op veteran Shahid Mustafa reflects on the “funk” of the cooperative, writing of the way co-ops can empower and energize community.
Read MoreApr 25, 2023 | Foodshed, Spring 2023
In “Water Is Life,” Shahid Mustafa reflects on what extended drought means for southern New Mexico farmers.
Read MoreDec 14, 2022 | Early Winter 2022, Farms
In our Early Winter edition of Faces of Food, Shahid Mustafa shares how pecan growers Josh Bowman and Wyatt Flory of Rio Gro LLC address the climate-related changes affecting their industry.
Read MoreJun 2, 2022 | Early Summer 2022, Eat
In “Willow + Blaine: A Las Cruces Fine Dining Bistro Keeps the Community at Heart,” Shahid Mustafa talks with co-owners Ariana Parsons and Tyrell Thackers about the inspiration for the farm-to-table restaurant they opened in the heart of the Mesquite Historic District of Las Cruces. Willow + Blaine serves toddler-friendly brunch as well as multicourse meals and exceptional wines in the building they renovated in this diverse neighborhood.
Read MoreMay 3, 2021 | Early Summer 2021, Farms, Foodshed
Shahid Mustafa shares how Ximena Zamacona’s Full Circle Mushrooms has implemented a regenerative plan at Stahmanns Pecans in La Mesa.
Read MoreMar 8, 2021 | Farms, Foodshed, Spring 2021
In “Southern New Mexico Grains Resurgence,” Shahid Mustafa explores how small farms, such as De Colores Food and Farms, are experimenting with landrace crops, like White Sonora wheat, which made the flour tortilla possible.
Read MoreJan 1, 2024 | Late Winter 2024
For these winter months, when the drinks are warm and the ground is cold, we consider livelihood, offering stories that twine living with living, earning with breath.
Read MoreIn this issue of edible, we celebrate the art of cooperation—its beauties, its challenges, and, above all, the wealth that can be wrought from it.
Read MoreMar 1, 2023 | Spring 2023
In this issue of edible, we celebrate farmers—in particular, those who practice the art of growing vegetables. Farmers today are people who commit to competing in a field increasingly dominated by robots and consolidation; who choose the outdoors, the tactile, the scent of onions freshly pulled from the earth; and who must adapt, even more than others, to a constant state of uncertainty and change.
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