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New Mexico
Organic Farming Conference
2019
Friday, February 15
& Saturday, February 16
HOTEL ALBUQUERQUE AT OLD TOWN
ALBUQUERQUE, NMPLEASE NOTE – NEW VENUE!
The NM Organic Farming Conference
will take place at
Hotel Albuquerque at Old Town
800 Rio Grande Blvd. NW Albuquerque, NM 87104
Hotel Reservations:
Hotel Directions From Santa Fe You must reserve your room by January 30 to get the special
and the North conference rate of $109 per room. These rooms go quickly,
Take I-25 S. and take exit 226B to please make your reservations soon.
merge onto I-40 W toward Gallup, Call the Hotel Albuquerque at Old Town:
2.3 miles. Take exit 157A for Rio 1-866-505-7829, ask for the NM Organic Farming Conference
Grande Blvd, continue for 0.3 miles. block or use code 1902NMOF.
Turn left at Rio Grande Blvd NW. The Hotel Albuquerque will be on the left. The direct link is available at https://tinyurl.com/2019NMOFC
Or at www.nmofc.org
Hotel Directions From the Airport and the South Conference Registation
Merge onto I-25 N via the ramp and continue for 3.5 miles. Take exit 226AB Please note: Registration is online for 2019,
to merge onto I-40 West toward Gallup, and continue for another 2.5 miles. If you need help, please call Sage Faulkner at
Take Exit 157A for Rio Grande Blvd, turn left onto Rio Grande Blvd. Continue (505) 490-2822.
for 0.3 miles. The Hotel Albuquerque will be on the left. https://tinyurl.com/NMOFC2019
Hotel Directions From the East -Head West on I-40, take Exit 157A to Rio Both Days Registration with lunch is $110
Grande Blvd. Turn left on Rio Grande Blvd. Continue for 0.3 miles. The Hotel Single Day Registration is $70.00
Albuquerque will be on the left. Scholarships Available, School Rates for Student Groups
Hotel Directions From the West -Head East on I-40, take Exit 157A to Rio available, please email sagefaulkner@yahoo.com
Grande Blvd. Turn right on Rio Grande Blvd. Continue for 0.3 miles. The Hotel for information.
Albuquerque will be on the left.
2 New Mexico Organic Farming Conference • 20192019 SCHEDULE
February 15th The OMRI List and How to Use It! Jennifer Ludwig
7:00am Registration Retail Trade Via an On-Farm Grocery Store, How I Started “Farm
7:00am-9:00am Breakfast Break Sweet Farm” in 2012 and Lived to Tell About It, Maria Vakulskas
8:00am General Welcome, Jeff Witte, Rosmann
Secretary of Agriculture, NMDA
9:00am-10:30am Session 1 What Can My Extension Agent do For Me? Bruce Hindrichs
11:00am-12:30am Session 2
Food hubs: How small and mid-sized farmers get to Market,
12:30pm-1:45pm Lunch on your own
La Montañita Cooperative Distribution Center
1:30pm Outside demos
2:00pm-3:30pm Session 3 Holistic Top-Bar Beekeeping, Zach Cecelic
3:00pm-4:00pm Snack Break
3:45pm-5:15pm Session 4 Water Track:
6:00pm-8:00pm Career Social Irrigation Methods, Steve Ela
Acequia Hydrology: Surface Water-Groundwater Interactions in
February 16th
Northern New Mexico, Steve Guldan
7:00am Registration
7:00am-9:00am Breakfast Break Tools and Strategies for Water Conservation and Resilience (Panel),
7:00am Women Farmers Coffee and Network Break Kate Greenburg, Arielle Quintana, Dr. Caitriana Steele, Tiana Baca
sponsored by NMFLB Women’s Committee Back to Basics Rainwater Harvesting, Billy Kniffen
8:00am-9:30am Session 5
9:45am-11:15am Session 6 Back to Basics Rainwater Harvesting, Billy Kniffen (Repeat)
12:00pm-2:30pm Local and Organic* Luncheon Acequia Water Rights, Paula Garcia and Enrique Romero
Recognition
Keynote Speaker, Ron Rosmann, Rosmann Plants/Seeds:
Family Farms, Seed Saving and Variety Development for the Future in the Arid
2018 MOSES Organic Farmers of the Year Southwest, Laurie Lange
2:30pm-5:00pm OPEN networking time, ask for the list of groups
meeting, or for time and space for YOUR group! Seed Diversity, Bill Neiman
Advanced Potato Production, Dr. Stephanie Walker
Session Tracks for 2019 Seedling and Seedbank Management Practices for Improved Weed
Water, Soil, Management, Plant/Seeds, New/Exciting Control, Dr. Eric Gallandt
Soils Track: Saving Our Future with Seeds, Emigdio Ballon
Regenerating the Diversity of Life in Soils - Hope for Farming, Small Scale Grains, Julie Zavage
Ranching and Climate! Construction, Care and Feeding
of the Johnson-Su Bioreactor, Dr. David Johnson New/Exciting:
A Practical Transition Toward a Functioning Soil, Dave Scott Cold Frame Construction and Improvisation, Joseph Alfaro
Advancing Your Soil Health (How Can You Tell?), Dr. John Idowu Using Cover Crops Creatively to Transition Ground to Organic,
Rudy Garcia, Dan Bloedel, Kevin Barnum Rex Dufour
Vermicomposting, John Zarola Its More than Just a Buffer Zone Requirement! Kevin Branum
Soil Health – How Can We Measure It? Dr. John Idowu Climate Change Impacts on New Mexico’s Future Water Resources,
The Soil Micro-Universe: Thinking Small Can Address Dr. Catriana Steele
Big Problems, Courtland Kelly Working with Veterans & Registering Apprenticeships with the VA,
Monica Pless, Margeret Yancey, Gordon Tooley
Management Track:
Assessing Biodiversity for Support of Climate Resilience, Jo Ann
Wholesale Markets: The Next Frontier for New Mexico Growers, Baumgartner
Kendal Chavez and Michael Venticinque
New Mexico Organic Farming Conference • 2019 3spent the next nine years as the assistant director
alongside Secretary/Director Frank DuBois. During that
time, Jeff helped create the New Mexico Agricultural
Leadership Program, a two-year program that aims to
develop effective leaders within the state’s food, agriculture
and natural resource sectors.
Jeff then went to work as the director for the Office of
Agricultural Biosecurity for NMDA and NMSU. He later
started up the Southwest Border Food Safety and Defense
Center at NMSU. In both capacities, he worked with private
industry and officials at all levels of government to develop
plans that will protect New Mexico agriculture as part of a
homeland security strategy. Jeff still heads up trainings on
the subject from time to time.
Jeff was named New Mexico’s fifth permanent Director/
Secretary of Agriculture in May 2011. Currently he serves
as the National Association of State Departments of
Agriculture (NASDA) President. He is past president
of the Western Association of State Departments of
Agriculture and past Chair of Natural Resources, Pesticide
Management & Environment Committee for NASDA.
Opening Welcome from
New Mexico Secretary of Jeff was appointed to the Local Government Advisory
Agriculture Jeff Witte Committee (LGAC) by the U.S. Environmental Protection
Agency Administrator in 2015. He was appointed vice
Jeff grew up on his family’s ranch on the Rowe Mesa chairman for a term which began May 2018 and ends May
between Moriarty and Las Vegas, New Mexico. He 2020. As a member of the LGAC, Jeff represents state-
graduated from New Mexico State University (NMSU) with appointed officials. The committee provides advice and
a bachelor’s degree in agricultural business management recommendation to the EPA Administrator to assist in
and a master’s degree in agricultural economics. developing a stronger partnership with local governments.
The committee also provides direction regarding building
After college, Jeff worked for New Mexico Farm & state and local capacity to deliver environmental services
Livestock Bureau as the field representative for the and programs.
counties in northern New Mexico. He also represented
the state’s farmers and ranchers inlegislative discussions The bulk of Jeff’s time as New Mexico’s secretary of
in Santa Fe. During this time, Jeff worked to bring farmer agriculture is spent on the road, meeting with groups that
groups and rancher groups together. The Ag Group, as represent farmers and ranchers across the state. He also
it’s loosely known, still gathers every year before the works to educate legislators about New Mexico agriculture.
legislative session to set policy priorities that will benefit
all of agriculture. When the session gets going, the group Jeff and his wife Janet live in the southern New
hosts Ag Fest to showcase to legislators and their staff the Mexico’s Mesilla Valley. Their son, Jeremy, received a
diversity of New Mexico agriculture. Jeff was instrumental degree in ag economics and ag business from NMSU,
in making this an annual event. as well as a master’s degree in economics from George
Mason University. He currently works for the House
Jeff first came to the New Mexico Department of Committee on Agriculture as a senior staff member.
Agriculture (NMDA), located in Las Cruces, in 1994. He Their daughter, Jennifer, is studying nursing at NMSU.
4 New Mexico Organic Farming Conference • 2019Ron Rosmann, Keynote Speaker
for the 2019 New Mexico
Organic Farming Conference
“We all face many challenges and, yes, some
opportunities, too, in the world of organic agriculture.
Sometimes these can be a little daunting. I would like to
share some of my 35 years of organic farming experiences
as well as my lifetime of farming experiences and rural
living in a small community that struggles to keep its
farms and its people and infrastructure going. There is
a resiliency there that is critical for today’s challenges of
climate change, depleting natural resources, indifference
and intolerance. Mine is a message of hope that it can
all work and families and couples and individuals can all
thrive and lead a satisfying and rewarding life in organic
farming that includes a satisfactory economic livelihood. I
will give practical examples of how we do things both in
what works and what doesn’t work. I will also key in on
sharing and learning from on-farm research trials and from
other farmers mutual concerns and problem solving. I will
talk some about the need for a strong state organization
that can be of real value for both moral and community
support.” “Farm to Table” marketing and delivery business that buys
About Ron Rosmann: I grew up on a farm in southwest and distributes foods from area farmers across both Iowa
Iowa. I received a B.S. degree in Biology from Iowa State and Nebraska.
University in 1973. I came back to the farm that I grew up In 1986, I was a founding board member of the Practical
on when my Father’s health declined. In 1978 I married Farmers of Iowa which has now grown to over 3500
Maria Vakulskas, a native of Sioux City, Iowa and News members. Its founding mission was to do scientifically
Bureau Director for Creighton University in Omaha, NE. credible on-farm research trials and share that information
Three boys were born to our family. David 37, Daniel 35, with other farmers and scientists. That is still a core part of
and Mark 32. David and Daniel are a part of our farming our mission but now it includes the whole gamut of support
operation and Mark works for the Foreign Agricultural for beginning farmers, organic farmers and conventional
Service of the USDA in Washington, D. C. ones as well who are open to making changes and learning
We operate a diversified 700 acre certified organic crop how to be better farmers. I was Board president for three
and livestock farm. We raise corn, soy, oats, barley, wheat, years, and an advisor to the organization for many years.
field peas, hybrid rye, popcorn, hay and pasture and cover I was a board member and president of the National
crops. We have over 50 fields. We also have a stock cow Organic Farming Research Foundation for seven years. I
herd of 100 red angus mother cows and feed the calves out recently completed a six year term as a board member of
both for our own private label beef business as well as for the National Catholic Rural Life organization. I have had
the Organic Prairie cooperative. We also have around 50 the opportunity to testify before Congress on agricultural
sows in our certified organic pork operation and sell again issues of various sorts over the years as well as having
both with our private label and to Organic Prairie. We have many articles published in state and national publications
been doing this for over 20 years for both the pork and dealing with Agricultural policy. We have completed over
beef. My wife, Maria, operates a store on our farm featuring 40 published research trials on our farm and have hosted
both our meats as well as many other local products that people from all over the world on our farm for educational
are marketed primarily to local residents. Our son Daniel tours. Our farm and family has been featured in a number
and his wife Ellen own and operate a restaurant in our of books dealing with climate change, regenerative farming
county seat town of 5000 people and Ellen operates a and agricultural policy over the past 35 years.
New Mexico Organic Farming Conference • 2019 5AWA R D S
Good Earth Award: Stacy Gerk, NMDA-OP, giving the Good Young Farmer: Fred Porter, Fred Porter Farm Bureau Financial
Earth Award to recipients Rebecca Allina and Charles Mallory. Services, Mimi Ludden, Young Farmer Recipient Sean Ludden,
The Pollinator House has been donated by Wildhood Farm, Zach daughter Maya, and NM Farm & Livestock Bureau Executive
and Jasmine Cecelic. Director, Chad Smith (holding check donated by Fred Porter and
NMFLB)
Educator of the Year: (there were 2 awards given in 2018) Stacy Gerk, NMDA-OP, Billy Kniffin (above left) - Stacy Gerk, NMDA-OP,
Ron Boyd (above right)
Farmer of the Year:
Natasya Gundersen,
Farmer of the Year
recipient Gary
Gundersen, Stacy Pictures by Jane Moorman of
Gerk, NMDA-OP NMSU Cooperative Extension.
6 New Mexico Organic Farming Conference • 2019SESSIONS
Soils Track point to the increased functionality of our regenerated soils,
and hence, pasture. Not only are we now enjoying a higher
Session 1:
gross margin per acre (no fertility costs and 15% less irrigation),
Regenerating the Diversity of Life in Soils - Hope for
we feel we are supplying our direct market customers with
Farming, Ranching and Climate! Followed by a workshop
a more nutrient dense lamb product, resulting in heightened
in the Construction, Care and Feeding of the Johnson-Su
appreciation and expanding sales. Soils in transition have
Bioreactor
provided us with a new, exciting frontier.
This discussion will build a foundation for understanding the
In addition to his work as a Livestock Specialist for NCAT, Dave
amazing benefits of interdependence between plants and soil
and his wife, Jenny, own and operate Montana Highland Lamb in
microbes that was gained through research in soil microbial
Whitehall, Montana. Dave specializes in using simple monitoring
community structure and function. It will discuss farming
techniques to identify root problems and addressing them with
practices that optimize these plant-microbe associations and
holistic adaptation. Direct marketing of their lamb, grazing to
how they promote: restoration of soil fertility, improved crop
control sheep parasites, and producing six to seven tons of grass
growth, increases in plant water use efficiencies, soil microbial
per year without commercial nitrogen have been the outcomes. In
carbon-use efficiencies, and soil carbon storage capabilities.
a down to earth style, Dave is a farmer who is happy to share his
Also covered are how these benefits will promote a more
practical experiences with others.
profitable, sustainable and regenerative agriculture system that
will be beneficial to both farmers/ranchers and the environment.
Session 3:
In the workshop after the discussion, we will delve into the
Advancing Your Soil Health (How can you tell?)
construction, care and feeding of the Johnson Su Bioreactor.
In this session you will get hands-on experience to help you
David Johnson is a molecular biologist conducting research for
determine whether your practices are improving or degrading
the Institute for Sustainable Agricultural Research at New Mexico
your soil health. There will be stations with real hands on
State University. He also facilitates pilot project development
demonstrations to help you go home and determine your soil
and student research in fields ranging from: biogas generation,
health score. Experts from NRCS, NMSU and private industry
regional mine closures, advanced oxidation processes for super-
will be there to help explain what all this means and help you
fund sites, water desalination processes of reverse-osmosis and
determine if you are truly managing for better soil health.
electro-dialysis reversal; and bio-fuel and algae production.
Dr. John Idowu, NMSU Extension Agronomist
David’s association with local growers, Los Alamos and Sandia
Rudy Garcia, NRCS Soil Health Specialist
National Laboratories, Texas A&M, Arizona State University,
Dan Bloedel, NRCS Resource Conservationist
Natural Resources Conservation Service, the Thornburg
Kevin Branum, Enchanted Agro-management Solutions (EAS)
Foundation and the Globetrotter Foundation have provided
practical, sensible and cost–effective paths forward to improve
food security, reduce atmospheric carbon dioxide concentrations,
and increase farm and rangeland productivity through the
development of beneficial soil microbial communities.
Session 2:
A Practical Transition Toward a Functioning Soil
This is the story of a Montana pasture in transition. For 32
years, our intensively grazed irrigated pasture system (stocking
rate equaling 180 ewes and 280 lambs on 32 acres) had
160 units/acre of N applied to support 6 tons of dry matter
production. Through increased pasture rest and large amounts
of trampled grass, we made the gradual transition (2014-2017) to
zero units of N while maintaining grass production and animal
gain. All indications (Haney Soil Health Tests, field observations)
New Mexico Organic Farming Conference • 2019 7SESSIONS
Session 4: Courtland is a Ph.D. Candidate at Colorado State University.
Vermi-composting She received her B.A. in Biology from Harvard University in
Composting worms are great partners in recycling plant 2013, and before moving to CSU spent time working on ecology
nutrients and their castings are an excellent amendment for and agriculture education and outreach in Colorado and
desert garden soil. The lecture will cover the science, art, Massachusetts. Her work focuses on the role of cropping system
materials, methods, many choices and benefits of composting diversity on soil health, mainly through crop rotation, cover crops
with red wiggler worms. Mini-demonstrations will display an and cultivar selection. She is most excited about work in the soil
actual worm bin setup, feeding and harvesting castings. microbiome and understanding how farm management decisions
John Zarola, master gardener since 2008. Founding member of can best leverage the functional potential of the microscopic soil
the Bernalillo County Extension Master Composter Association in community.
2010.
Session 5:
Soil Health – How Can We Manage It?
Healthy soil is fundamental to sustainable production of safe
and nutritious food. However, determination of the health status
of soils can be very challenging, due to the complex interaction
of the physical, chemical and biological soil attributes. This
presentation is focused on assessment of soil health across
different agroecosystems in New Mexico. Soil health results
under different crop management systems will be shared and
a new framework being developed at NMSU for soil health
assessment in arid and semiarid agricultural lands will be
discussed.
John Idowu is an extension agronomist at the New Mexico
State University. He got his Master’s degree in Agronomy from
Germany and his Doctorate degree in Land Management from
England. John is a specialist in the soil health management,
crop production and conservation agriculture. John’s research
and extension program emphasizes holistic approach to soil
management, by looking at the soil from the biological, chemical
and physical aspects. John also works on reduced tillage
practices and how to integrate cover crops into the different
farming systems of New Mexico.
Session 6:
The Soil Micro-Universe: How thinking small can address
big problems
In this session we will focus on the current state of the science
on soil microbes, how they fit into metrics of soil health, and
what we can do to foster their (beneficial) activity. Participants
will learn about the current techniques used to measure soil
microbial communities and what we know about how farm
management affects the microbes. We will also discuss the
role of microbes in controlling nitrogen flow and increasing soil
organic matter. Prepare to think small about the big picture!
8 New Mexico Organic Farming Conference • 2019SESSIONS
Management Track Oregon State University with a B.S. in Horticulture focusing on
organic production systems. She has over 8 years of greenhouse
Session 1:
propagation and management experience working for organic
Wholesale Markets: The Next Frontier for New Mexico
farms and manufacturers. Jennifer volunteers for grassroots
Growers
organizations involved in biodynamic agriculture and local food
Are you looking for additional market opportunities or
systems. She has also traveled to New Zealand and England
interested in shifting your operation to include schools and
to watch international Rugby World Cup tournaments. Jennifer
grocers as wholesale buyers? If so, this workshop is for
joined OMRI in 2016.
you. In this session, Michael Venticinque of the New Mexico
Farmers’ Marketing Association and Kendal Chavez from the
Session 3:
NM Public Education Department’s Farm to School Program
Retail Trade Via an On-Farm Grocery Store, How I Started
will explore the farm to wholesale process from field to fork;
“Farm Sweet Farm’ in 2012 and Lived to Tell About It
including, but not limited to, the role of aggregation in meeting
Maria Vakulskas Rosmann and her husband own and operate
larger institutional markets, purchasing practices, emerging
Rosmann Family Farms in Iowa. Maria also owns Farm Sweet
distribution models, food safety and liability insurance
Farm, an on-farm grocery store which features their meats and
benchmarks, product pack size, the ever-problematic issue of
popcorn, and a wide variety of local, organic and unique food,
quantity and consistency, and more. All participants, no matter
grocery and gift items. Thinking about adding your own retail
size, scale, or location of farm, will leave with a clear pathway
space? Listen to Maria’s story as she shares what they have
towards diversifying their farming operations to include lucrative
learned.
wholesale outlets, as well as an understanding of the benefits
Session 4:
of selling produce wholesale. Tools, tips, and resources will
What Can My Extension Agent Do For Me?
be rooted in the processes that schools and grocers use to
The Cooperative Extension Service has been around for over
purchase produce for New Mexicans across the state, with an
100 years yet many don’t utilize the resource to its fullest. This
end goal to increase small and mid-sized growers’ access to
will session will discuss Extension programs and how to get the
these market opportunities.
most from your relationship with County Extension Offices.
Michael Venticinque of the New Mexico Farmers’ Marketing
Bruce Hinrichs currently serves at Associate Director for
Association and Kendal Chavez from the NM Public Education
the Cooperative Extension Service. Over a 30 plus year career
Department’s Farm to School Program are excited about helping
with Extension serving as an Extension Agent before entering
farmers gain access to markets.
administration.
Session 2:
Session 5:
The OMRI List: What it is and how to use it
Food hubs: How small and mid-sized farmers
Ever wondered what it means for a product to be “OMRI
get to Market, La Montañita
Listed”, or how to use the OMRI Products List? If so, this session
Cooperative Distribution Center
is where you want to be! OMRI (The Organic Materials Review
Ask most small to mid-sized farmers who sell food to a
Institute) provides expert and independent review of inputs
local market what they like least about their job and they will
material, such as fertilizers and pesticides, and determines their
probably say marketing and distribution. Even when you have
compliance for use in certified organic production. Commercial
a guaranteed market, like in the case of (CSA) and restaurant
growers and home gardeners will learn about the basic
sales, the effort involved diverts time and energy from the actual
requirements for products to be included on the OMRI Products
work of farming in the field. Food hubs operate on the simple
List, and how to navigate OMRI’s resources to obtain accurate
principle that farmers are stronger when they work together.
and current information about products and materials allowed
Food hubs are networks that allow local & regional growers
for use in organic farming and gardening.
to collaborate on marketing and distribution. La Montañita
Jennifer Ludwig is a Product Review Coordinator at OMRI (the
has enjoyed success in increasing consumer awareness of the
Organic Materials Review Institute). Jennifer graduated from
value of purchasing locally produced food and paying more for
New Mexico Organic Farming Conference • 2019 9SESSIONS
local then nationally distributed foods. Join the team from La Mexico. Zach has also enjoyed leading workshops with children
Montañita Cooperative Distribution Center to learn more about and adults of all ages in top-bar beehives.
how you can benefit from working with your local food hub.
James Esqueda is the Director of the Distribution Center at La Water Track
Montañita, a food hub & retail cooperative. He is responsible for Session 1:
the distribution center and the development of the Food Shed Irrigation Methods
project. La Montañita is one of the only co-op’s in our country Water is the life blood of any farm. Water not only affects
that operates a food hub with a value-chain team that also the crop you are growing, but it also has dramatic impacts on
administrates a farmer resource like Group-Gap certification your soil biota and your fertility plan. Applying it uniformly,
program for the growers of the four corner area. managing timing to optimize plant growth, and neither applying
As the Value Chain Specialist, Benjamin Bartley identifies and to much or to little can make huge differences in profitability.
facilitates market opportunities for local farmers and ranchers, in We will discuss real life experiences with different irrigation
addition to providing technical assistance around food safety and technologies ranging from furrow to drip and with different
buyer expectations. He has more than sixteen years of experience filtration systems to serve those differing systems. Additionally,
in the food industry, most recently as the Food Access Director we will talk about different water supplies and how they might
at the Arcadia Center for Sustainable Food and Agriculture in affect your irrigation plan. Each type of irrigation system and
Washington, DC. each type of filtration has its’ pros and cons and it is important
Monique Salhab is the Community Development Specialist to match those to your own farm and your water supply. Finally,
for La Montanita Coop. She is an Air Force veteran and was we will talk about how you can assess if you are doing a good
involved with the Veteran Farmer Project. Monique is unafraid job with water management and differing methods for testing
to re-examine La Montanita’s role within various New Mexico soil moisture.
communities and is passionate about food advocacy and Steve Ela, Ela Family Farms, a one-hundred acre certified
closing the gap regarding food insecurity. Monique also sits on organic family fruit farm in Hotchkiss, Colorado, and the 2018
the National Board of Directors of Veterans For Peace and has NM Organic Farming Conference keynote speaker. A fourth
collaborated with returning Iraq and Afghanistan veterans in the generation fruit farmer, Steve currently farms and markets
community. peaches, apples, pears, sweet cherries, plums and heirloom
tomatoes.
Session 6:
Holistic Top-Bar Beekeeping Session 2:
This breakout session will cover the reasons behind using Acequia Hydrology: Surface Water-Groundwater Interactions
top-bar hives in beekeeping and a season-by-season outlook in Northern New Mexico
of what it means to be a top-bar beekeeper. The ecological Join us to learn about research looking at how traditional
importance of top-bar hives in healthy bee populations and how irrigation in acequia communities affects groundwater levels
to naturally and effectively deal with problems that may arise will and stream flows. Questions discussed will include: When are
also be discussed. Top-bar beekeeping is simple; here you will seepage losses bad? When are they good? How are riparian
get a hands-on experience of everything you need to keep bees areas influenced by acequia agriculture? Audience members
in this style. Everything from Winter management, constructing irrigating off of acequias will be invited to share challenges they
hives, making divides, rearing queens, planting for honeybees, face regarding water availability, and how they are dealing with
to philosophical considerations and harvesting honey will be them.
included. Get excited about having fun with honeybees! Steve is superintendent at New Mexico State University’s Alcalde
While attaining a degree in Conservation Biology, Zach Cecelic Sustainable Agriculture Science Center, and also a faculty member
became attuned to the need for further education in holistic bee in the Department of Plant and Environmental Sciences at NMSU.
management in our culture. Zach has been top-bar beekeeping in While at NMSU, he has collaborated on various research studies
New Mexico for the last ten years, beginning with inspiration and related to forages, horticultural crops, green manures, interseeding
guidance from Les Crowder in the mountains of Northern New methods, and acequia agriculture hydrology.
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Session 3:
Tools and Strategies for Water Conservation
and Resilience (Panel)
We know we’re entering hotter, drier times. What can farmers
and ranchers do to adapt, build resilience, and continue to
steward land, water, and food in the desert Southwest in a
more uncertain future? Join a local panel of farmers, educators,
advocates, and scientists to dig into conservation strategies for
resilience. We’ll talk about what’s worked, what hasn’t, and how
we take lessons learned to build a future of abundance. From
seed-saving and cover cropping, to improving water infiltration on
rangeland and financing conservation, we’ll traverse the dynamic
landscape of farmer-led conservation so you have greater
access to the knowledge and resources you need to implement
conservation on your operation, or to support farmers and
ranchers you work with in implementing or scaling conservation rainwater harvesting. He an his wife Mary live in a home totally
practices. Come share tools, trials and tribulations you’ve dependent on rainwater.
encountered in conservation, gain tangible solutions that you
can implement right away, and brainstorm how we can all work Session 5: (REPEAT of session 4)
together to rapidly scale up farmer-led conservation. We hope you Back to Basics in Rainwater Harvesting
will leave not only with new tools and techniques, but also with
a stronger network of farmers, ranchers, and service providers Session 6:
working together to build a resilient future for agriculture through Acequia Water Rights
conservation. Join the New Mexico Acequia Association in this informative
Moderator: Kate Greenberg, Western Program Director, National session including a brief history of Acequia water rights, a
Young Farmers Coalition reflection on challenges and opportunities facing acequias,
Panel: Tiana Baca, Farm Manager at Desert Oasis Teaching including legal issues and Questions and Answer session
Gardens; Board Member, Rio Grande Farmers Coalition regarding acequia water rights.
Arielle Quintana, Outreach & Education Paula Garcia, NMAA Executive Director and Enrique Romero,
Coordinator, Quivira Coalition NMAA Staff Attorney. The mission of the New Mexico Acequia
Caiti Steele, Coordinator, USDA Southwest Association is to protect water and our acequias, grow healthy
Climate Hub food for our families and communities, and to honor our cultural
heritage.
Session 4:
Back to Basics in Rainwater Harvesting Plants/Seeds Track
Planning, design and construction of a simple rainwater Session 1:
harvesting system and use for irrigation and small animal Seed Saving and Variety Development for the Future in the
watering. Billy will lead a discussion on components and Arid Southwest
resources and show you how to construct a rain barrel and a US organic seed producers conduct their trials in conditions
simple drip system for it. unlike the Southwest’s intense sun, aridity, and dwindling,
Billy Kniffen is retired Texas A&M Extension Service Water seasonally-specific precipitation. To ensure an enduring
Resource Specialist with the responsibility of training individuals agriculture here, YOU can contribute simply by saving seed of
and installing demonstration systems across Texas. He has been selected open pollinated (OP) plants that exhibit heat, drought,
an instructor for the American Rainwater Catchment Systems insect and disease resistance, fine flavor and more in our
Association (ARCSA) and helped develop 2 training manuals in increasingly rugged conditions. Learn about the fascinating
New Mexico Organic Farming Conference • 2019 11SESSIONS
ways flowers self-pollinate or rely on outcrossing; strategies to people are saying:
maintain varietal purity or create new ones; seed cleaning with “I just want to do something positive today”
basic kitchen equipment; and hand pollination for squash and “I would like to plant good seeds in the meadow.”
tomatoes—and meet their delightful native pollinators. Come “I have hopes of a more beautiful tomorrow.”
join the growing seed steward movement to help preserve and “I want to feel like I belong, touch the earth, and restore the
expand our distinctive southwestern plant community of food, land.”
medicine and beauty under the garden’s wing. Back here at the farm, we’re working ‘til dusk again. Planting
Laurie Lange runs Light Green Thumb, an OP seed listing for more rows than we had last year. We must carry on. We plant
plants of all kinds trialed in NM for arid conditions. Her work with for next year’s crop... because we are farmers. We have faith in
plants has included a stint in the Department of Botany at the life. I often wonder when are our people gonna become native
Smithsonian and illustrations for the Flora of North America. to this place? It’s not like we are going somewhere else. Yeah,
we can shuffle from place to place…but the world is smaller
Session 2: now, and the people have become very big. Nowhere left to
Seed Diversity, Look and See hide now. It only makes sense that we settle down soon and
Long before beginning Native American Seed in 1988, get to the business of being Native right here. We don’t want
we had already dedicated our work to restoring integrity in to wake again a hundred years later still trying to gain the
relationships between people, wildlife, land, water and plants. vision to see where we are. We can rightly choose to pursue
The work has always been about connections of all kinds... our visions now, and we can rightly begin to learn, understand
among all the relative beings. We are in this together. We each and cooperate with Mother Nature’s design of this place.
make a difference. With that clear vision we can more carefully plan a future that
With so much negative energies swirling about us, many protects our basic natural resources of land, water, and diverse
communities of people and wildlife. Anyone that’s ever been
lost knows that you have to get back to where you once knew
where you were.
Bill and Jan Neiman founded Native American Seed in
1988. Concentrating on harvest of 100% native wildflower
and prairie grass seeds, Bill offers no alien plant species. The
company name stems from Neiman’s high regard for the Native
Americans’ relationship with the natural environment. Bill is
at home with boots on the ground in the natural resource and
ecological restoration community. Helping people restore land,
Native American Seed has planted thousands of acres of native
prairie. Neiman is a passionate practitioner from the field...
preserving, protecting, harvesting and propagating a wide
diversity of native species across Texas.
Session 3:
Advanced Potato Production
If you’ve grown potatoes and know the basics, but would like
to optimize your organic production, the advanced potatoes
session will cover information on plant growth parameters, soil,
fertilization, irrigation, pest management and variety selection to
get the best possible harvest on your farm.
Dr. Stephanie Walker has served as the Extension Vegetable
Specialist at NMSU since 2004. In addition to providing
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vegetable trainings throughout New Mexico, she also conducts small-to-mid scale vegetable or livestock operations, focusing
research trials in chile peppers, tomatoes, and potatoes. She also especially on the equipment required for different crops and
serves as New Mexico’s Western SARE Professional Development ideas for marketing. A discussion of heirloom grains that
Program Co-Coordinator. are becoming more popular in the market along with their
agronomic characteristics and challenges will be included.
Session 4: Julie studied organic agriculture at Colorado State University
Seedling and Seedbank Management Practices for Improved and moved to the northeast to work in organic heirloom grain
Weed Control production. She has worked at all levels of heirloom cereal crops
Physical weed control remains the cornerstone strategy from production to milling to baking. Julie was the head miller at
for most organic vegetable farmers, but efficacy is generally Maine Grains, a 100% local grist mill in central Maine, where she
low, highly variable, and density independent, that is, you kill developed a process to create the market’s only non-heat-treated
a proportion of the weed seedlings present. There are three rolled oats and many other cool-temperature stone-ground flours.
solutions to this problem. The simplest is to cultivate more. Buy Julie was also one of the founding farmers of Maine’s first Dry
another tractor, hire some more people. This is effective but Goods CSA, which was a rare opportunity for consumers to get
weed management will not likely improve over time, and it is a their staple flours and dry beans directly from their farmers. She
risky strategy in future climate scenarios. There are two other also started the Maine Grain Alliance’s heirloom grain trial and
options: cultivating better, and starting with fewer weeds, so seed-increase project, focused on developing varieties of einkorn,
the density of survivors is low. During this session I will argue black emmer, and landrace wheat that were well-adapted to
that combining stacked cultivation and high levels of seedling Maine’s soil and climate. Julie now homesteads with her partner
mortality with proven strategies to reduce the weed seedbank Adam on their farm in southern Colorado.
could establish a positive feedback loop of improving weed
management outcomes over time. New/Exciting Track
Dr. Gallandt has worked on managing weeds in organic Session 1:
farming systems for 20 years. His research is focused on physical Cold Frame Construction and Improvisation
weed control and weed seedbank dynamics. He teaches in the Join Joseph Alfaro in this session discussion construction of
University of Maine’s Sustainable Agriculture undergraduate cold frames along with crop selection, and cold frame soil health
program. management. What makes a cold frame design work? Joseph will
Session 5: discuss lessons learned from the ground up, along with challenges
Saving our Future with Seed Saving and ideas that he has learned.
Seeds are one of the most important components of life. Their Joseph Alfaro is both a New Mexico farmer and a community
livelihood is crucial and in present times, is constantly being activist. He says his goal is to make change in his community one
threatened. It is important to bring awareness to ensure seed turnip at a time! The 2017 NM Organic Farming Conference Educator
preservation and a better future for the generations to come. of the year, Joseph is farm manager at Valle Encantado Farms.
“Those who have control of the seeds have control of life.”
Emigdio Ballon, Director of the Agricultural Department in
the Pueblo of Tesuque, where he has been for the last 12 years,
focusing on seed preservation and sustainable ways of living.
Emigdio is a Bolivian native who studied Agricultural Engineering
and received his Masters in Plant Genetics. He has worked in
agriculture for 43 years.
Session 6:
Organic Grain Production and Processing
for a Local Market
This workshop will cover integrating small grains into
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Session 2: on both surface water and groundwater resources. Alongside
Using Cover Crops Creatively to Transition warming temperatures, climate models project that the number
Ground to Organic of consecutive dry days will increase, early monsoon precipitation
Join Rex Dufour in this session and hear about lessons will decrease and a greater proportion of precipitation will fall
learned when using cover crops to transition conventionally in extreme events. For New Mexico, where water defines the
managed ground to certified organic: what worked well, what distribution of agriculture and settlement, warmer temperatures
didn’t work so well with respect to cover crop mixes, letting the and greater uncertainty in precipitation could have severe
cover go to seed, how the cover was managed, what not to do, consequences for irrigated cropland agriculture. This presentation
and impacts on soil quality as well as how well the cover crops will review (i) the current science of how climate change will
fared during the worst years of the drought. impact New Mexico’s water resources and what this means for
Rex Dufour is registered with NRCS as Technical Service conventional irrigated agriculture, and (ii) examples of adaptive
Provider in CA and NV, training farmers (and learning from and transformative solutions from other regions of irrigated
them) about ecological pest management and ecological soil agriculture.
management for over 30 years, working with NCAT/ATTRA for 25 Dr. Caitriana Steele, Coordinator, USDA Southwest Climate Hub
years.
Session 5:
Session 3: Working with Veterans and Registering Apprenticeships
Its More Than Just a Buffer Zone Requirement! with the VA
Buffers can be utilized for many things in an organic operation. We’ll discuss motivations to farm with veterans, what the
Come find out how to let your buffer zone work for you. Don’t veteran community looks like, and hear from veterans why
let it be an unattractive weedy area in your operation. We will they want to farm. Learn what benefits are available to vets
discuss ways to utilize the buffer to turn it into a production area, and the process of registering your apprenticeship, along
utilize insects and pollinators to your advantage and provide with the challenges of fitting it to the Veterans’ Administration
diversity on your operation. requirements.
Kevin Branum has served as area agronomist, soil Margaret Yancey and her husband Gordon Tooley have owned
conservationist and most recently state agronomist for New and run Tooley’s Trees and Keyline Design, a small tree nursery
Mexico NRCS. He has a lot of experience with managing soil in northern New Mexico since 1997. They specialize in fruit trees
health systems and organic systems. He now works on providing and drought tolerant trees and shrubs. They have hosted a New
insurance, risk management and conservation consultation in the Agrarian Program apprentice since 2015 and registered their
private sector. apprenticeship with the VA in 2018.
Monica joined the Quivira Coalition in 2017 to lead the New
Session 4: Agrarian Program, which partners with eleven ranches and farms
Climate Change Impacts on New Mexico’s across the West to host apprenticeships. She has worked on farms
Future Water Resources and dairies since 2004, raising produce, tree fruit, beef, pork, and
Global climate models project that the climate of the American eggs. She apprenticed on a CSA in rural Massachusetts, and
southwest will become warmer and drier in the future. Warming for three years managed the farm and mentored apprentices at
in winter will cause more precipitation to fall as rain rather EarthDance Organic Farm School near St. Louis, Missouri.
than snow, reducing the accumulation of the annual snowpack Tooley’s Trees has mentored an apprentice in Quivira Coalition’s
in the Southern Rocky Mountains. Warming in spring will New Agrarian Program (NAP) since 2015, and just registered their
drive earlier snowmelt. Combined, these factors will result in apprenticeship with the New Mexico Department of Veterans’
lower spring runoff volumes in New Mexico’s snowfed rivers, Affairs in 2018. Since 1997, Quivira Coalition has worked to build
earlier peak runoff, and ultimately less available surface water resilience on western working landscapes, and has grown NAP
for New Mexico’s irrigators. At the same time, rising growing from one apprenticeship in 2009 to partnering with eleven mentor
season temperatures will drive higher evapotranspiration rates, operations in four states in 2018.
increasing demand for irrigation and intensifying the pressure
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Session 6:
Assessing Biodiversity for Support of Climate Resilience
Learn about a progression of activities and assessments that
increasingly support biodiversity on the farm while buffering
impacts from climate change. Each farm has a unique set of
circumstances that allows it to begin to make changes along
a continuum from simple to complex. Whether the need is
for building better soil health and clean water, ensuring more
complete pollination and effective pest control, or enhancing
habitat for wildlife, the farm and the Earth can become more
resilient by implementing biodiversity practices. Easy-to-use
resilience indicators for functioning organic farm systems and
ecosystems will be shared.
Jo Ann Baumgartner, the executive director of Wild Farm
Alliance (WFA), promotes a healthy viable agriculture that protects
and restores wild Nature. She is the author and editor of many
conservation-based farm publications. Before joining WFA in 2001, Lunch Menu
she worked for other sustainable agricultural nonprofits, and was Saturday,February 16th
an organic farmer for over a decade. She has a keen interest in New Mexico Organic Farming
Conference 2019
the conservation of native species for their own sake, and the
connections between farms and the larger ecosystem. Organic Salad
Raspberry Vinaigrette
Beef Enchiladas
Thanks to Farm Credit, we have several scholar- OR
ships available for farmer registrations. Please Vegetarian Enchiladas with Organic Cheese
send an email to Sage Faulkner, sagefaulkner@ Served with:
yahoo.com, with name, 250 word (or less) expla- Calabacitas made with Organic Squash,
Corn & Green Chile
nation of why you would benefit from the schol- Organic Rice and Beans
arship, economic need, what your experience is,
Dessert:
and how it benefits you. If chosen, you will be
given a full registration, paid for by Farm Credit Organic
Chocolate-Chocolate Chip Ice Cream with
of New Mexico. NM Pecan Pieces
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CONFERENCE ORGANIZER
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C O N F E R E N C E AWA R D E E S
2003 2013
Friend of Organic Agriculture: Friend of Organic Agriculture: Monte Skarsgard
Bruce Gollub and Leah Morton Educator of the Year: John Idowu, Kulbhushan
Grover, Mark Uchanski
2004 Farmer of the Year:
Friend of Organic Agriculture: Connie Falk Loretta and David Fresquez
Good Earth Award: Amanda and Eli Burgione
2006
Friend of Organic Agriculture: Ron Walser 2014
Farmer of the Year: Friend of Organic Agriculture: Cid Backer,
Sharlene Grunerud and Michael Alexander Patrick Torres
Educator of the Year: Robin Seydel
2007 Farmer of the Year:
Friend of Organic Agriculture: Sarah Grant Heidi Eleftheriou
Educator of the Year: Carol Sutherland Good Earth Award: Lorenzo Candelaria
Farmer of the Year: Young Farmer: Mike DeSmet
Molly and Antonio Manzanares
Good Earth Award: Betty and Walt Lea 2015
Friend of Organic Agriculture:
2008 Colleen and Fred Hinker
Friend of Organic Agriculture: Marsha Mason, Educator of the Year: Deb Ingersoll
Del Jimenez, Craig Mapel Farmer of the Year:
Educator of the Year: Gordon Tooley Johnny McMullin
Farmer of the Year: Sally Harper Good Earth Award: Mesa Ruiz
Good Earth Award: Johnny Lieb Young Farmer of the Year:
Brittanie Lynch and Derek Jones
2009
Friend of Organic Agriculture: La Montanita Coop, 2016
Le Adams, Joanie Quinn Friend of Organic Agriculture: Michael Diaz
Educator of the Year: Les Crowder Farmer of the Year:
Farmer of the Year: Norma and Dosi Alvarez Mary and Tom Dixon
Good Earth Award: Trenton Wann and Barbara Hawn Educator: Joran Viers
Good Earth: Abe Froese Young: Nery Martinez
2010
Friend of Organic Agriculture: Brett Bakker 2017
Educator of the Year: Ron Godin Friend of Organic Agriculture:
Farmer of the Year: Nancy Coonridge Trudi and John Kretsinger
Good Earth Award: Nolina Bryant Farmer of the Year:
Jamie and Katy Kulesa
2011 Educator: Joseph Alfaro
Friend of Organic Agriculture: Miley Gonzales Good Earth: Deborah Snyder and Mark Nelson
Educator of the Year: Nancy Flores Young Farmers: Joseph and Melissa Marcoline
Farmer of the Year: Don Bustos
Good Earth Award: Christina and Tomas Apodaca 2018
Friend of Organic Agriculture:
2012 Gordon Tooley and Margaret Yancey
Friend of Organic Agriculture: Silver City Farmer of the Year: Gary Gundersen
Food Co-op Educator of the Year: Tess Grasswitz Educator: Ron Boyd and Billy Kniffin
Farmer of the Year: Sage and Shane Faulkner Good Earth: Charles Mallery and Rebecca Allina
Good Earth Award: Steve Heil Young Farmer: Sean Ludden
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After the Luncheon on Saturday the ENTIRE meeting area is available for your needs!
Please check at the registration table so that we can include your group for announcements.
• Join Laurie at a grassroots seed stewards network, and Rocky
Mountain Seed Alliance, discussion for the Santa Fe Seed Summit The New Mexico Small Business Assistance Program provides
which will be February. up to $20,000 of technical assistance, unavailable anywhere
• Students in the UNM Masters in Public Health Program will dis- else, to help New Mexican small businesses solve critical chal-
cuss organic agriculture and local food systems in New Mexico from a lenges. Assistance is provided in the form of access to expertise,
public health perspective that addresses research, practice and policy. capabilities, capacities, and technical assistance from Los Alamos
Topics include school gardens, farmers markets, native food systems and Sandia National Laboratories. This assistance is provided at
and community resiliency. no cost the business. New Mexican companies from a wide range
• Several groups will be meeting – please check at the registration of industries have used the New Mexico Small Business Assis-
table to see the full list of groups and topics meeting. If you want to tance program to overcome challenges through activities such
meet during this time, please schedule with Sage. There are several as evaluation of prototypes in order to acquire venture capital
meeting areas available! funding; solving complex technical challenges so they could
begin manufacturing a product; realizing cost savings via supply
Outside Demonstrations chain analysis; and gaining new customers through market and
Friday at 1:30 in the parking area. business analysis. Qualifying New Mexico small businesses are
• During the Demonstrations, Dr. Robert Flynn will be demonstrating eligible to receive assistance equivalent to $10K (Bernalillo Co.)
water salinity meters for those interested. A lot of irrigation waters are and $20K (outside Bernalillo Co.) annually per small business. The
declining in quality and Dr. Flynn will share how important this test is. program does not provide cash or equipment to small businesses.
The new guide on water quality coming out and may be available by If you are interested in learning more or have questions please
the conference, if not, Dr. Flynn will share on how to get it. Dr. Flynn visit www.nmsbaprogram.org. Requests for assistance are cur-
will also have on hand some water samples from different areas along rently being accepted!
with lab results.
• Come look at the newest in Hops Harvesting Technology! Small-
scale Mechanical Hops Picker Demonstration, Kevin Lombard, Jason
Thomas and Beth Lashell, NMSU/ASC Farmington and Fort Lewis
College. The Hopster 5G (gasoline engine) and 5P (PTO driven) were
acquired with support from the NMDA to expand research activities
based at the NMSU Ag Science Center at Farmington and at Fort
Lewis College, “Old Fort” at Hesperus, Co and to catalyze a hop
cooperative that could support a growing and thriving local craft beer
economy.
• Interested in smaller tractors built for row-crop farming? Join staff
from the NMSU Sustainable Agricultural Science Center at Alcalde
as they demonstrate this tractor and talk about the implements that
they are using in their smaller row-crop plots. David Archuleta, NMSU
at Alcalde, will be on hand to demo the small tractor and answer
questions you might have. This is a great demo to check out if you are
thinking about a small tractor purchase.
Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education (SARE) is
a program of the U.S. Department of Agriculture that functions
through competitive grants conducted cooperatively by farmers,
ranchers, researchers and agriculture professionals to advance
farm and ranch systems that are profitable, environmentally
sound and good for communities. Western SARE (WSARE),
serves farmers and ranchers and their support organizations in
the Western states
https://aces.nmsu.edu/programs/sare/.
John Idowu, jidowu@ad.nmsu.edu
Stephanie Walker, swalker@ad.nmsu.edu
This brochure is printed with black ink on newsprint so it can be
composted after use. Please add it to your pile!C O U N T Y C O O P E R AT I V E E X T E N S I O N S
Bernalillo County Guadalupe County Quay County
John Garlisch, Agriculture Agent Vacant, County Program Director Jason Lamb, Ag Agent
garlisch@nmsu.edu 244 S 4th, Suite 110, Santa Rosa, NM 88435 • 575.472.3652 jalamb@nmsu.edu
1510 Menaul NW, Albuquerque, NM 87107 • 505.243.1386 216 E Center St. (Mail to: P.O. Drawer B)
Harding County Tucumcari, NM 88401 • 575.461.0562
Catron County Vacant, County Program Dir/Ag Agent
Tracy Drummond, County Program Dir/Ag Agent 35 Pine St (Mail to PO Box 156) Rio Arriba County
drummond@nmsu.edu Mosquero, NM 87733 • 575.673.2341 Donald Martinez, Ag Agent
100 Main Street (Mail to: PO Box 378) donmart@nmsu.edu
Hidalgo County
Reserve, NM 87830 • 575.533.6430 Rural Event Center, State Rd 554, House #122-A
Chase Shelton, Agricultural Agent (Mail to: HCR 77, Box 9), Abiquiu, NM 87510 • 505.685.4523
Chaves County wcs0201@nmsu.edu
Sandra Key Barraza, County Program Dir/Ag Agent 1226 E. 2nd Street, Lordsburg, NM 88045 • 575.542.9291 Roosevelt County
sbarraza@nmsu.edu Patrick Kircher, Ag Agent
Jicarilla Extension Service
200 E Chisum #4, Roswell, NM 88203 • 575.622.3210 pkircher@nmsu.edu
Jesse LeFevre, Extension Associate II 705 East Lime St. (mail to: P.O. Box 455)
Cibola County lefevere@nmsu.edu Portales, NM 88130 • 575.356.4417
Chase Elkins, Agriculture Agent Hawks Drive (Mail to: P.O. Box 679)
chelkins@nmsu.edu Dulce, NM 87528-0679 • 575.759.3530 Sandoval County
515 West High Street, Grants, NM 87020 • 505.287.9266 Lynda Garvin, Agriculture/Horticulture Agent
Lea County lgarvin@nmsu.edu
Colfax County Wayne Cox, County Program Director/Ag Agent 711 S. Camino del Pueblo (Mail to: P.O. Box 400)
Boe Lopez, County Program Dir/Ag Agent hwcox@nmsu.edu Bernalillo, NM 87004 • 505.867.2582
bclopez@nmsu.edu 100 N Main, Suite 10-C, Lovington, NM 88260 • 575.396.2819
230 N. 3rd Street (Mail to P.O. Box 370) San Juan County
Raton, NM 87740 • 575.445.8071 Lincoln County Bonnie Hopkins, Ag Agent
Melanie Gutierrez, Ag Agent bhopkins@nmsu.edu
Curry County meguti@nmsu.edu 213-A S Oliver, Aztec, NM 87410 • 505.334.9496
Vacant, County Program Director 409 Central (Mail to: PO Box 217)
818 Main Street, Clovis, NM 88101 • 575.763-6505 Carrizozo, NM 88301 • 575.648.2311 San Miguel County
Vacant, County Program Director
De Baca County Los Alamos County 20 Gallegos Road (Mail to: P.O. Box 2170 W Branch)
Aspen Achen, County Program Director/Ag Agent Carlos Valdez, County Program Director Las Vegas, NM 87701 • 505.454.1497
aachen@nmsu.edu valdez@nmsu.edu
905 N. 1st St (Mail to: P.O. Drawer E) 475 20th Street, Suite A, Los Alamos, NM 87544 • Santa Fe County
Fort Sumner, NM 88119 • 575.355.2381 505.662.2656 Tom Dominguez, Ag Agent
tdomingu@nmsu.edu
Dona Ana County Luna County 3229 Rodeo Road, Santa Fe, NM 87507 • 505.471.4711
Jeff Anderson, Agriculture Agent Jack Blandford, County Program Director/Ag Agent
lantz@nmsu.edu Jbland@nmsu.edu Sierra County
1170 N. Solano, Suite M, Las Cruces, NM 88001 • 575. 210 B Poplar St., Deming, NM 88030 • 575.546.8806 Vacant, County Program Director/Ag Agent
525.6649 2101 S. Broadway (Mail to: PO Box 631)
McKinley County Truth or Consequences, NM 87901 • 575.894.2375
Eddy County Kathy Landers, County Program Dir/Ag Agent
Woods Houghton, County Program Dir/Ag Agent kalander@nmsu.edu Socorro County
whoughto@nmsu.edu 2418 E. Hwy 66, PMB 470, Gallup, NM 87301 • 505.863.3432 John Allen, County Program Director/Ag Agent
1304 W Stevens, Carlsbad, NM 88220 • 575.887.6595 allenj@nmsu.edu
Mora County 198 Neel Avenue NW, Socorro, NM 87801 • 575.835.0610
Grant County Vacant, County Program Director/Ag Agent
Jessica Swapp, Agricultural Agent P.O. Box 390, Mora, NM 87732 • 575.387.2856 Taos County
jessiej@nmsu.edu Tony Valdez, County Program Director/Ag Agent
Otero County
2610 N Silver Street, Silver City, NM 88061 • 575.388.1559 tonvalde@nmsu.edu
Sidney “Sid” Gordon, Ag Agent • sgordon@nmsu.edu 202 Chamisa Road, Taos, NM 87571 • 575.758.3982
401 Fairgrounds Road, Alamogordo, NM 88310 • 575.437.0231
Torrance County
Vacant, County Program Director/Ag Agent
205 9th & Allen (Mail to: P.O. Box 168)
Estancia, NM 87016 • 505.544.4333
Tri-State Navajo Extension Service
Gerald Moore, Coordinating Agent
germoore@nmsu.edu
Hwy 264, Dept. of Ag., D121 (Mail to: PO Box 1339)
St. Michaels, AZ 86511 • 505.870.0827
Union County
Talisha Valdez, Ag Agent
talisfra@nmsu.edu
100 Court St. (Mail to: P.O. Box 428)
Clayton, NM 88415 • 575.374.9361
Valencia County
Jasper McCarty, Ag Agent
jnewton3@nmsu.edu
404 Courthouse Rd., Los Lunas, NM 87031
505.565.3002
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