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De Smet Dairy: Bringing New Mexico Raw Milk
As I walk into a tiny room full of gleaming stainless steel tanks and pipes, Michael DeSmet steps out of the cooler to greet me. They have just finished bottling for the day, and he's ready to take me...
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Bringin’ It All Back Home
Sandoval is attempting to fuse localized knowledge with scientific training. What she does is alchemy. Perhaps unintentional, perhaps by design, yet, whatever her motivation, she's quietly and...
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Shauna Pearson – Educating the Next Generation of Farmers
Shauna Pearson is farm manager and supervisor of the highly successful internship program at Skarsgard Farms, New Mexico's largest Community-Supported Agriculture (CSA) operation. The program is...
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Marjory Sweet – Sterling Gardens
When Marjory Sweet came to New Mexico from her native Maine, she never intended to become a farmer. It started simply with desire to be outdoors as much as possible, then she fell in love with...
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If There’s Squash Bugs In Heaven, I Ain’t Staying: Evelyn Losack and Stacia...
If There’s Squash Bugs in Heaven, I Ain’t Staying is a thoroughly entertaining and thought-provoking read for any gardener who has ever dreamed of having his or her own farm, or anyone interested in...
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Zoe Economou – Ciudad Soil and Water Conservation District
You can find Zoe Economou most Thursdays at the Nob Hill Growers' Market, behind a table full of marvelously unusual things - fava beans or other uncommon types of beans, artichokes, sometimes even...
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NM Ranch first to be Certified Grassfed by AWA
L6 Cattle Ranch in Corona, NM, is the first farming business in the U.S. to be Certified Grassfed by AWA. This is the only certification and logo in the U.S. and Canada that guarantees food products...
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Modern General Springs Into Gardening Season
Erin Wade, Chef/Owner of Vinaigrette salad bistro and Modern General, is kicking off the spring gardening season with Sunday Afternoons at Modern General. Sunday Afternoons will run one Sunday each...
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Ranch Diaries: Ways to reduce the inevitable risks
Since we unloaded our first steers in November, we’ve built our herd to about 600 animals. They’ve ranged all over the 30-square-mile Number 5 pasture, utilizing it well. Now we’re getting ready to...
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Ranch Diaries: Tiny living, 23 miles from town
We had a taste of tiny living before moving here: I spent eight months living in a smaller camper outside of Las Vegas, New Mexico, and we spent a summer together in a far more rustic camper when we...
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Roundup at Ranney Ranch
Ranney Ranch beef is unique in that it is not finished. They sell most of their cattle as young beef direct to consumers shortly after they have been weaned. The Ranneys process the beef in Fort...
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Local Hero: Camino de Paz, Best Farm
Camino de Paz School and Farm (CDP) is a private Montessori middle school for grades seven through nine in Santa Cruz. The school’s curriculum is fully integrated with the activities of the farm where...
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