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 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 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
We are happy to share a final reflection piece written by our 2023 Los Sembradores Farmer Training program graduate, Claudia Vialpando. This was her first year in agriculture, and she was very enthusiastic about how to create a small business … Continued
On November 6th, the Los Sembradores crew spent the day learning about tesajos. In the Northern NM region, a tasajo is a form of dehydrated food, and on this particular day, we made tesajos de calabaza. The morning was cold, but … Continued
The land has been laid to rest. Wood stoves are burning. The beans and corn have all been harvested, shelled and strung up to dry. The whisper of brittle corn stalks greet me each morning as I step out my … Continued
On October 25th, 2023, The Sembradores crew gathered items needed for corn processing. We wanted to make posole and talked a lot about the nixtamal process. We decided to use blue corn seed. We also used cal (food grade lime), … Continued
On days that I work at the farm in Chamisal, I step out my front door at 5:45am. That early in the morning, the muted pink glow of the sun has just begun to color the lowest valleys and ridges … Continued
by Donne Gonzales We are at the end of July and the weeds are still growing strong despite the lack of rain. It’s been really dry and we are waiting for the rain to come in. Fingers crossed we’ve got … Continued