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Quivira Coalition's New Agrarian Program (NAP) and Farm Commons present: Land Leasing Basics. This webinar is geared toward NAP alumni, but is open to all. Leasing farmland is so commonplace that landowners, farmers, and ranchers may not think twice about the lease itself… until things go wrong. Prevent problems with a strong lease while building […]
Come learn about learn about the impact of erosion control structures and soil amendments! Across the intermountain west, interest has been growing in using organic amendments and native seeding with erosion control structures to increase plant establishment and productivity while ameliorating active head cuts. The Carbon Ranch Initiative has built rock rundowns on five ranches […]
Mentor Training Call #1: You and Your Operation as Mentor Mentoring is different from being an employer in several essential ways. Some mentoring skills are natural for each of us while others will be a stretch; determining your incoming strengths and stretches helps you know what sort of apprentice will work for you. Creating […]
Come learn about vermicomposting and the importance of managing household waste with the Quivira Coalition, Amigos Bravos, and Alianza Agri-Cultura! Worm composting, or vermicomposting, uses the red wiggler worm to process feedstocks into compost and can be scaled from food scraps in an apartment to a larger, multi-family system. In this workshop, you will learn […]
Attend a field day! Join us on Thursday September 29th to visit Weaver Ranch in Causey, NM. Learn about efforts to bring prairie life back to abandoned, blown out fields. We’ll learn about monitoring and evaluation techniques for soil health, organic amendments as a tool to build soil health, and hear from biologists and researchers […]
Are you longing for a Quivira work weekend? Missing moving some rocks and getting your hands dirty with other land lovers? This event is a volunteer work day to support the Hermit's Peak Watershed Alliance complete critical fire recovery erosion control work in the Gallinas Watershed. This summer, New Mexico experienced two of the […]