New Mexican Grain—On The Verge of a Renaissance?
Reviving our history of grain production ties into a larger goal of improving soil health and encouraging regenerative agriculture—but infrastructure investments, education and marketing are needed.
Feeding the World: Localism, Ecological Resilience, and Farmer and Community Agency
As the global human population has rounded the corner of over 7 billion people, many claim that we will need to produce more food on existing agricultural land. This isn’t true. What we need are local, resilient food systems with autonomous farmers.
Landscape Scale Planning of Regional Regenerative Economies
Connecting the dots between forests management, planned grazing, soil health, water conservation and carbon storage.
New report examines socio-economic benefits of soil health for New Mexico farms and ranches
Report charts millennia old traditions and new strategies, analyses soil health benefits and samples on-farm measurements used to track progress.
Regenerative Agriculture –a vital Opportunity for New Mexico
Diversify and revitalize rural economies with multiple co-benefits for ecological, human and planetary health.
Investing in recovery and resilience of New Mexico’s food systems
A public bank can help our food economy expand and thrive. Alliance for Local Economic Prosperity explains how it works.
Soil health pioneer George Washington Carver
Carver recognized soil health as essential to alleviate poverty and debt of African American farmers and establish independence. His work is fundamental to regenerative agriculture as we know it today.
Soil Health = True Wealth
While we must work collectively towards a more equitable and beneficial food system, there are concrete steps you can do today to place soil health at the center of your business and gain greater financial stability.
How carbon-smart farming can feed us and fight climate change at the same time
Because of its massive potential to store carbon and foundational role in growing our food supply, soil makes farming a solution for both climate change and food security.
Healthy Soil: Our Future
Happy National Soil Health Day! We’re celebrating with the release of a short video, featuring New Mexico ranchers sharing the principles & benefits of planned grazing for greater soil health.