By Juan Lopez, 2024 Sembrador Apprentice As the season comes to its half way point for the Los Sembradores program we can reflect on many of the skills and lessons we have developed as new farmers. We have been taught how … Continued
By Nicholas Cruz Torres, 2024 Sembrador Apprentice Introduction: After four months of participating in Los Sembradores, I’m excited to share one of the biggest lessons I’ve come to understand: being a farmer is a lot like being a scientist. … Continued
By: Vidal Gonzales, Community Planner and Governance Specialist NMAA encourages all acequia members, commissioners, mayordomo/as and regional leaders to actively engage the Interstate Stream Commission Water Planning Process. Currently, the best way to do this is to complete their online … Continued
By Donne Gonzales, NMAA Farm Trainer, and the Sembradores Team On April 17th, 2024, the Los Sembradores team was able to spend time with Taylor Z. from the Taos Soil & Water Conservation District. Taylor was able to lead the … Continued
By, NMAA Infrastructure Team – (Vidal, Serafina, Toribio, and Paula) NMAA wants to ensure you are aware of our availability to assist, the deadline and a new procedure for submitting an Infrastructure and Capital Improvement Plan (ICIP). All ICIPs must … Continued
By Dabi F. García, NMAA Promotora Cultural “San Isidro Labrador Patrón de los labradores, Liberta nuestro sembrado De langostas y temblores” -Alabanza de San Isidro Every year on the week around May 15th, land-based communities … Continued
By Donne Gonzales, NMAA Farm Trainer The NMAA Los Sembradores Farmer Training program has successfully trained and graduated four more incredible young acequia farmers over the course of 2022 and 2023! Apprentices worked closely with mentors at our demonstration site, … Continued
We are pleased to announce our 2024 cohort of Los Sembradores Farm Apprentices. The group started in early April and will complete their work in November. We started by breaking ground, preparing soil, planting seeds, and pruning trees. Once May … Continued
By Paula Garcia, NMAA Executive Director It has been nearly two years since the start of the largest fire in New Mexico history. On a windy, dry day, April 6th, 2022, the United States Forest Service (USFS) ignited the … Continued
by Dabi García, Promotor Cultural Ya vamos a la acequia A la acequia van todos Agarra ya la pala Para limpiar el bordo La primavera brings with it the sights and sounds of work crews and officials walking the … Continued