New Mexico Coalition to Enhance Working Lands Annual Summit - Highlighting Partnerships for Climate Smart Commodities
This year’s focus is on agricultural supply chains – from soil health to the processes that bring food and fiber into our communities – and the collaborations that support their strength. Our questions include: What makes these programs useful? How can we apply lessons learned through these programs when we’re thinking about future program design? What is still missing that would help meet the needs of producers and other land managers?

SERIES: February 20 - March 12, on Tuesdays 11a.m. - 12:30p.m. MT
Join us for Unpacking the Carbon Credit Conundrum, a webinar series co-hosted by the Soil Carbon Solutions Center and Quivira Coalition, designed for ranchers, farmers and technical service providers. In conversation with producers, scientists and carbon market experts, we’ll learn the basics of agricultural carbon markets, specific case studies, how to assess different carbon projects and ask the right questions, and emerging opportunities for producers in carbon and ecosystem service markets. And we’ll learn from you about your hopes, challenges and questions regarding carbon credits.

Apprentice motivation can falters a few months in. We’ll discuss ways to co-create apprentice goals that take advantage of the built-in learning at your operation, and ways to keep that momentum going through the season, including identifying apprentice solo study, local resource people to learn from, and visiting other operations. Skill sheets are great prompts for this so we’ll discuss ways to make them truly effective and useful to you and your apprentice.

SERIES: February 20 - March 12, on Tuesdays 11a.m. - 12:30p.m. MT
Join us for Unpacking the Carbon Credit Conundrum, a webinar series co-hosted by the Soil Carbon Solutions Center and Quivira Coalition, designed for ranchers, farmers and technical service providers. In conversation with producers, scientists and carbon market experts, we’ll learn the basics of agricultural carbon markets, specific case studies, how to assess different carbon projects and ask the right questions, and emerging opportunities for producers in carbon and ecosystem service markets. And we’ll learn from you about your hopes, challenges and questions regarding carbon credits.

This three-part webinar series will focus on a few strategic business training concepts to help bolster you and steer you towards skills you need for long-term operational success and viability.
Presented by Olivia Tincani, together with her suite of colleague thought practitioners, this series can be taken as a whole or each course individually. Courses are aimed at existing or emerging entrepreneurs.

Colorado Coalition to Enhance Working Lands Annual Summit -
Day One, we will hear from organizations offering opportunities to support local food systems and land stewards in the San Luis Valley. Participants will be able to ask questions about these programs, learn how they can plug in, and brainstorm with each other about where future projects need to focus to meet ongoing needs. Day Two will be spent visiting a farm in the San Luis Valley. We will continue sharing, building, and strengthening our networks, practices, and communication through our Summit activities.

Session 2: This three-part webinar series will focus on a few strategic business training concepts to help bolster you and steer you towards skills you need for long-term operational success and viability.
Presented by Olivia Tincani, together with her suite of colleague thought practitioners, this series can be taken as a whole or each course individually. Courses are aimed at existing or emerging entrepreneurs.

Actionable feedback catalyzes learning and motivation by correcting errors while looking ahead to further development. We’ll share a variety of tried and true methods for productive feedback conversations both scheduled and impromptu, as well as how to get feedback to help you grow as a mentor.

Session 3: This three-part series of workshops and webinars will focus on a few strategic business training concepts that we know will help bolster you and steer you towards skills you need for long-term operational success and viability.

Join us on Friday, May 17 in Cleveland, NM and learn about composting principles, uses of compost in agricultural systems, and how to build an aerated static compost pile from experts at Reunity Resources.

Are you a past, present, or aspiring ranching mentor interested in teaching the next generation? Consider joining us on June 18 in Harlowton, MT for a collective learning experience including a morning with speakers and a ranch visit in the afternoon.

Join us for a summer field day in beautiful Fountain, CO on June 28th, 2024! Co-hosted by Quivira Coalition, National Young Farmers Coalition, and Colorado State University Extension, this event will get your boots dirty touring three neighboring ranches demonstrating the successes and challenges of regenerative grazing. We'll also share practical tools that ranchers and their employees can use to create resilient professional relationships. While this field day is designed for those active in or pursuing a career in agriculture, we also welcome anyone interested in joining us. Beginning farmers and ranchers are highly encouraged to attend!

Join us for an all-day workshop in Costilla and the beautiful Valle Vidal of Carson National Forest. This workshop is designed for ranchers/graziers, or those interested in grazing, and public agency staff, but all are welcome!

The exhibition features the work of photographer Sally Thomson and highlights the dedicated efforts of Quivira Coalition and Western Landowners Alliance to supporting resilience and stewardship on Western working rangelands.

This webinar, hosted by the New Agrarian Program, will explore common stressors faced by producers and offer ways to identify the protective factors that help us handle these challenges.

Call #1: Sept. 24th noon, Sept. 26th 7 am - You and Your Operation as Mentor
Mentoring differs from being an employer in key ways: how do you know if it’s right for you? What are you excited to teach? The answers to these and other questions will help you write an apprenticeship description that is both appealing and realistic about the ups and downs of regenerative agriculture on your site. We’ll discuss ways to describe work schedules, location, isolation, and other factors, to be sure your description will appeal to the applicants you most want to attract.