In this issue of edible New Mexico, we take an expansive view of the watershed, from Gallup to the banks of the Zuni River, from the Santa Fe River to the acequias of Dixon, from a Las Cruces farm to the drinking water of Bernalillo County.
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Emily Vogler traces the Rio Grande through Albuquerque’s extensive network of ditches and makes a case that they are integral to the city’s health and character.
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Willy Carleton reflects not only on the risks but on the rhythms, the mentorship, the elegance of irrigating with acequias.
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Emily Vogler experiments with non-concrete alternatives to acequia erosion that could also support the many interconnected functions of the ditches.
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Northern New Mexico acequias are not only utilitarian but also spiritual, their systems of governance deeply imbued with practices that simultaneously protect the waterways’ health and healthy community relations.
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This issue celebrates acequias, the ditches familiar as breath to many who’ve grown up in New Mexico.
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Jesus Guzman farms on about six acres split between four parcels in Nambé, growing blue and red corn, chicos, beans, onions, peas, garlic, and, lately, drought-tolerant asparagus.
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