irrigation Archives

ACEQUIA CITY

Oct 30, 2024 | Fall 2024, Foodshed

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.

Acequias and the Art of Growing Vegetables without Plastic

Oct 30, 2024 | Fall 2024, Farms, Foodshed

Willy Carleton reflects not only on the risks but on the rhythms, the mentorship, the elegance of irrigating with acequias.

Landing Softly in the Valley

Oct 1, 2024 | Fall 2024, Farms, Foodshed

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.