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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AS THE SON OF tie-down roping standout Sylvester Mayfield, Shad Mayfield grew up with big boots to fill. “When I was little, I started practicing by walking around with a rope in my hand, just roping…
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“WE COULDN'T DO IT without them,” says Laura Gonzales, Las Golondrinas’s director of education and volunteer services. She’s talking about the approximately 130 volunteers who bring the museum to life…
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RANCHERS MARK AND MIKE MARLEY loom 18 feet high on either side of US 285. One points an accusatory finger at the other, who has adopted a “What, me?” stance. “I’ve always wanted to be larger than…
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JENN YI PAYS HOMAGE to her Korean birth in a delicious and authentic line of Seoul Food Kimchi that uses produce sourced from farms in Albuquerque’s South Valley. For nine years, Mi Young’s Farm…
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1 Visit America’s biggest powwow. When the Gathering of Nations opens its doors on Friday morning at Albuquerque’s Expo New Mexico, many of North America’s 574 tribes will have members there. In its…
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THE RICH AND FERTILE GALISTEO BASIN, 14 miles south of Santa Fe, makes for beautiful vistas and an ideal setting for former Chicago “city slicker”/art dealer Tim Willms to set up his Talus Wind Ranch…
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Brian Norwood's sculpture The Trail Ahead depicts the cowboys of JAL ranch. Photograph by Brian Norwood. WHEN BRIAN NORWOOD WAS RAISING MONEY for a metal sculpture in Jal, a nearby rancher offered a…
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WHERE CR 279 BREAKS SOUTH from US 550, between San Ysidro and Cuba, centuries of history emerge. The craggy knob of Cabezón Peak, the remnant of a 1.5-million-year-old volcanic eruption, looms to the…
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Farmers’ markets are a great place to find new ingredients. Photograph by Douglas Merriam. OVER THE PAST YEAR, many of us have found ways to get closer to our food, including at the excellent…
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