Ollas
Local grower and agricultural historian Willy Carleton reports on using water-filled ollas, rather than drip tape, to feed the plants in a desert garden.
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Tag: drought
Drinking Water in Albuquerque
Erin Elder takes us on an illustrated tour of the plant that treats river water for drinking in Bernalillo County.
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Capulin Canyon
Ungelbah Dávila reports on an Indigenous-led project to restore watersheds in the long aftermath of wildfire.
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The Once and Future River
Reporting from Gallup to the banks of the Zuni River, Sarah Mock shares modern approaches to the ancient art of water collection in communities contending with the repercussions of federal acts.
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Early Summer 2025: Watershed
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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Where The Water Lands
Southern New Mexico farmer Shahid Mustafa begins to untangle the matter of water rights in a desert climate.
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Water is Life
In “Water Is Life,” Shahid Mustafa reflects on what extended drought means for southern New Mexico farmers.
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Spring 2023: Farmers
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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INDIGENOUS FARM HUB
The Indigenous Farm Hub (IFH) cultivates seventeen acres in Corrales, providing 140 families with produce through their CSA program.
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Jesus Guzman
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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Ashokra Farm
The farmers at Ashokra Farm in Albuquerque’s North Valley have a dream of collective ownership, a model integrating shared responsibility, shared management, and shared profits.
Read MoreImogene comes to stay
Last summer Imogene came to live with me. Her whisper was a bit raspy as she said “now you listen here, enough of this fancy stuff. You best figure out how to grow food or these babies are going to go hungry.”
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