FOR MILLENNIA, some of the Southwest’s most mineral-rich geothermal waters have bubbled out of northern New Mexico’s lush Río Ojo Caliente Valley. Known to Tewa-speaking Pueblo people as Posipopi (the…
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LA MADERA TUCKS INTO A NOOK OF green surrounded by sun-burnished canyons. A few houses perch on gnarled, rocky slopes dotted with dark piñon and juniper trees, but most line the valley floor along the…
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G ROWING UP, Fita Witte only knew life on her family’s ranch in the Estancia Valley. Born Fita Aceves, she married fifth-generation rancher Jerry Witte and worked the ranch for 60 years before retiring…
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AARON LOWDEN HELD TWO POUNDS OF DARK BLUE SEEDS and felt in them the weight of everything he had inherited from his Acoma Pueblo ancestors—and everything he hoped to secure for his community’s future…
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SOUTHERN NEW MEXICO'S fertile Mesilla Valley enjoys global fame for its abundant green chile crop. But on a recent visit, I was surprised to discover that onions, cabbages, pecans, pinto beans…
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Read More: Nestled in the Mesilla Valley, FARMesilla takes farm-to-table to a whole new level…
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Read More: Nestled in the Mesilla Valley, FARMesilla takes farm-to-table to a whole new level…
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FREANNA FRISIAN YOGHURT spells its product name the European way, with an “h.” That’s because the Clovis-based family business came to New Mexico from the Netherlands, where milk from Frisian cows…
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Above: Roots Farm Café is part restaurant, part coffee shop, part mercantile, even part farm. Photograph courtesy of Roots Farm Café. THEY JUST RAN OUT of Gouda for their roast beef panini, but no…
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Try community-supported agriculture (CSA) for fresh produce and as a way to support local farmers. Photograph courtesy of the Santa Fe Farmers Market. THINK OF COMMUNITY-SUPPORTED AGRICULTURE (CSA) as…
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