Come join us for our next Farmer and Rancher Happy Hour, this time at Jackalope Burger! Come hear what is going on in the agricultural community, spend some time with fellow farmers and ranchers, enjoy a cold beverage and great food. If you have announcements for the community (labor needs, products for sale, events, etc.), bring them along!

This month we will be hearing from Alianza Agricultura de Taos, Taos Valley Acequia Association, and Taos Land Trust! Please RSVP here so Jackalope can prepare for our numbers!

Come join us for our next Farmer and Rancher Happy Hour, this time at Jackalope Burger! Come hear what is going on in the agricultural community, spend some time with fellow farmers and ranchers, enjoy a cold beverage and great food. If you have announcements for the community (labor needs, products for sale, events, etc.), bring them along!

This month we will be hearing from Annabella Miller of Western Landowners Alliance. WLA advances policies and stewardship practices to keep working lads healthy, biodiverse, and economically viable for farmers, ranchers, and rural communities. Please RSVP at the link so Jackalope can prepare for our numbers!

Co-existence strategies for farmers, ranchers, and acequieros.

This event is co-hosted by Amigos Bravos, Western Landowners Alliance and NMSU Extension.

Are you a farmer, rancher, or land steward?

Come out to meet with local and regional organizations that support farmers and ranchers! You’ll get the opportunity to connect with organizations working directly with agriculturalists to provide funding opportunities, technical assistance, and education.

Dinner is included! Please RSVP here so we can plan accordingly.

This event is held in partnership with the Taos Valley Acequia Association and the Taos Land Trust.

Join for a hands-on livestock first aid class with local vet Dr. Gaven Kuykendall. You’ll walk through real-life scenarios, learn practical skills, and get more confident handling common emergencies before the vet arrives.

We’ll cover the basics like wound care, injections, triage decisions, and when it’s time to call for help, plus plenty of tips and tricks you can use on your operation.

Each attendee will also receive a starter first aid kit to take home, courtesy of RMFU’s AgWell Program.

Food is included, so come hungry, bring your questions, and spend the morning learning alongside other producers.

Don’t wait until something goes wrong to figure it out. Learn how to be prepared, now!

June 15th from  10:00am – 12:00pm with 1.5 hours of instruction, then food and socializing.

RSVP here.

This event is led in partnership with Rocky Mountain Farmers Union and NMSU Extension.

Come enjoy our second Farmer Rancher Happy Hour of 2026! Join us on May 20th at Taos Valley Lodge/The Pour House to connect with neighbors across the regional agricultural community as the season hits its stride. Raise a glass, share a snack, find resources, opportunities, see old friends and make some new ones.

This month we'll be hearing from Paige Cromley, Regional Representative for Halter, the ag-tech company bringing virtual fencing to ranchers across the American West. Halter's solar-powered GPS smart collars use audio cues and gentle vibrations to guide and contain cattle within virtual boundaries that ranchers create and move from a smartphone app — no wire, no posts, no riding out to shift the herd. Halter's collars are now satellite-connected, meaning ranchers can manage cattle anywhere they can see the sky — no towers or on-ranch infrastructure required.

Closer to home, Halter collars are being put to work on the Rio Grande del Norte Virtual Fencing and Adaptive Management Project, a collaboration with BLM, Alianza Agricultura de Taos, Friends of Rio Grande del Norte, Working Lands Conservation, and local permittees exploring how virtual fencing can support adaptive grazing management on our public lands. Come learn, ask questions, and share a drink with fellow farmers and ranchers.

RSVP here.

Funding opportunities, technical assistance, and conservation programs for your operation.

Connect with organizations supporting agricultural producers including:

-Western Landowners

-Trout Unlimited

-Rocky Mountain Farmers Union

-AgWell

-US Forest Service

-Localogy

-Southwest Grassfed Livestock Alliance

Come join us Sunday, March 15th at the Taos Center for the Arts!

4pm -Talk with Dr. Jon Lundgren
5pm Happy Hour  with local and regional agricultural and conservation organizations
All proceeds from ticket sales go to event overhead and future agricultural programming

Get Your Tickets Here!

Join us for an exciting talk with Dr. Jon Lundgren, an ecologist who has dedicated his career to bridging the gap between cutting-edge science and on-the-ground farming practices. After 11 years as a USDA research scientist and recognition from the White House with the Presidential Early Career Award, Dr. Lundgren now directs the Ecdysis Foundation and runs Blue Dasher Farm—putting regenerative principles into practice every day.  

Dr. Lundgren will share how we can grow food that heals ecosystems, empowers farmers, nourishes eaters, and strengthens communities. Drawing from his own extensive research and the growing interdisciplinary field of agroecology, as well as hands-on work with producers across the country, he'll demonstrate how regenerative stewardship makes farms more resilient and productive while building the foundation for healthier food systems.  

Come enjoy our first Farmer Rancher Happy Hour of 2026!
Join us at Taos Valley Lodge/The Pour House! Celebrate the beginning of the season, seeds starting; calves, kids, and lambs born, and ditches getting cleaned; and find out about what is going on the the regional agricultural community.

This month we'll be hearing from Rocky Mountain Farmers Union with a recap of the 2026 New Mexico legislative session and what it means for agriculture, land, and water in our region.

RSVP here.

This month we will be hearing from Delane Atcitty, ED of Indian Nations Conservation Alliance and VP of SRM about the Society for Range Management, and about the New Mexico Section for SRM.

Come enjoy an evening at the Sagebrush with your fellow farmers, ranchers, aceqiueros, conservationists, and others working to care for our lands and waters.

This month, Gillian Joyce, Government Relations Advocate for Rocky Mountain Farmers Union talking about their AgAssist Program and Fellows program!

Please RSVP here.

Calling all ranchers, farmers, and acequieros in Taos! Come join us for a meal and conversation. Tell us how your Extension Office, Soil and Water Conservation District, Economic Development Corporation, Acequia Association, Land Trust, and us can better work with you and respond to your needs. Tell us what your challenges are, what is working for you in your operation, and how we can ensure the agricultural community of Taos can stay strong and get stronger. Please RSVP to our Extension office at 758-3982 or email will at wjaremko@nmsu.edu

Across the Western US, public lands ranchers work to balance cattle grazing with sustainable rangelands that support healthy  streams and habitat for wildlife. The story of Three Creeks involves 37 ranchers who manage livestock across 128,000 acres of public and private lands in Rich County, Utah. The area is a mix of ranchers’ private lands plus federal land (BLM and Forest Service) and state land. In 2001, the BLM faced litigation over livestock grazing on these public lands. This threatened economic stability for ranchers due to potential restriction of grazing. In response, permittees sought alternative management options to ward off further litigation. Over ten years they worked with the BLM, USFS, and the State of Utah to design and implement a new grazing plan whose goal is to maintain rancher livelihoods and improve rangeland and stream conditions.
In this talk, Taylor Payne from the Utah Department of Agriculture and Food and Kris Hulvey from the nonprofit Working Lands Conservation will share the story of Three Creeks Project.

Please join us as we share what we are learning about implementing innovative, flexible grazing management on public lands, and the benefits this type of grazing can bring.

RSVP HERE

The Speakers: 

Dr. Kris Hulvey is an ecologist and the Lead Scientist at Working Lands Conservation (WLC). WLC is a nonprofit organization that partners with diverse stakeholders to design and test new management strategies for working lands, with a focus on Western rangelands. Key to this work is building strong relationships that result in transparent science. Currently, Kris and WLC work on projects in Utah, New Mexico, and Colorado rangelands with interdisciplinary teams including federal and state managers and ranchers, to determine how innovative grazing systems on public lands can improve riparian and upland conditions while also supporting rancher livelihoods.

Taylor Payne is a grazing and rangeland coordinator for the Utah Grazing Improvement Program in Northern Utah.  He has extensive knowledge in public lands grazing issues where he spends most of his time assisting livestock owners with management improvements.  He enjoys his young family very much and appreciates working with ranchers that share the same interest as he does.

RSVP HERE

This event is hosted by Alianza Agri-Cultura de Taos, Working Lands Conservation, Chama Peak Land Alliance, Taos Land Trust, and National Grazing Lands Coalition in partnership with Taos Valley Acequia Association, Taos County Economic Development Corporation, Rocky Mountain Farmers Union, Trout Unlimited, Quivira Coalition, Western Landowners Alliance and Farmers Outreach

Calling all ranchers, farmers, and acequieros in Taos! Come join us for a meal and conversation. Tell us how your Extension Office, Soil and Water Conservation District, Economic Development Corporation, Acequia Association, Land Trust, and us can better work with you and respond to your needs. Tell us what your challenges are, what is working for you in your operation, and how we can ensure the agricultural community of Taos can stay strong and get stronger. Please RSVP to our Extension office at 758-3982 or email will at wjaremko@nmsu.edu

Join us October 7th! Learn how cover cropping can improve the health, productivity, and drought resilience of your land! And learn how you can access free cover crop seed through the Taos Soil and Water Conservation District! DINNER PROVIDED!!!

Join us on October 5th, for a free community event focused on creating a shared vision for the future of San Cristobal. This event is for anyone who lives in San Cristobal who cares about the future of the valley, the acequia, the agricultural lands, traditions and people.  If you are a farmer, rancher, land owner, parciante, or just live in San Cristobal and care about our future, come join us!

Owen Hablutzel, a land management consultant, facilitator and Certified Holistic Management Educator out of Ensenada in Rio Arriba County, will facilitate the workshop.  He will help the community develop a vision for the future of San Cristobal’s agricultural community that brings together our traditional agricultural practices and regenerative agricultural practices, helps our elders to keep their land in production, and helps our young people be successful in their agricultural efforts,  brings more land in the valley into production, and helps us build a shared set of goals and a shared decision making process.  He will use a framework developed by Holistic Management International and used on ranches, farms, and in communities all over the world to guide decisions around land and water stewardship, quality of life, financial health, and agricultural practices and traditions. 

All San Cristobal Residents are welcome! Lunch will be provided!

Along with Owen, we will have representatives from local agricultural organizations on hand to help think about resources and opportunities.  

Please RSVP here or to Tobias Duncan at (575) 770-1952

Please come join us September 25th to learn how the health of our forests impacts the health of our acequias. Great speakers, great topic, great stuff going on in our county to improve the health of our forests and watersheds! Please RSVP here: https://bit.ly/taoswatershed

This is a De La Tierra a La Cosecha Coalition Event! The coalition includes Taos Valley Acequia Association, Taos Land Trust, Taos Land Trust, and us, Alianza Agri-Cultura de Taos.

Got apples? Don't miss our FREE Apple Pressing Day on Friday, September 27! TCEDC will bring its apple press to the Talpa Community Market (4 Archuleta Rd, Ranchos de Taos, NM) between 8 AM and 1 PM, and staff will walk you through the process. No need to RSVP, just show up with your own apples and containers, and take home the fruits of your labor—freshly pressed apple juice!

This event is generously supported by the Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS), NMSU Cooperative Extension Service, and the De La Tierra a La Cosecha Coalition (Taos Valley Acequia Association, Taos Land Trust, Alianza Agri-Cultura de Taos, Taos County Economic Development Corporation).

Join us to learn from local producers and NRCS about how bale grazing can improve your pasture health, and how you can do it on your land. Find out how you can apply for state funding through the NMDA Healthy Soils Program to support your bale grazing efforts! Please RSVP to secure your spot.

RSVP here

This event is sponsored by Alianza Agricultura de Taos, Taos County Economic Development Corporation, Taos Soil and Water Conservation District.

Come enjoy an evening at the Sagebrush with your fellow farmers, ranchers, acequeros, conservationists, and others working to care for our lands and waters.

This month, we will be hearing from Buck Johnson, Executive Director of Earth Land and Water Stewardship (Earth LAWS), a nonprofit in Taos dedicated to education, collaboration, equipment and support services around regenerative and traditional vegetable and grain production.

Please RSVP here so the Sagebrush can prepare for our numbers!

Where: 59 Camino Del Medio, San Cristobal NM 87564

When: August 7th, 5:30PM-7:30PM

What:Come to this hands-on workshop on implementing the Soil Health Principles in our orchard for regenerative orchard production! Improve soil health and orchard health by armoring the soil, integrating animals, maintaining a living root, increasing biodiversity, and minimizing disturbance! 

RSVP: https://lp.constantcontactpages.com/ev/reg/sjcqh8f 

Where: TCEDC, 1021 Salazar Rd, Taos, NM 87571

When: July 31st, 5:30PM-7:30PM

What: Learn about how to best identify market opportunities for sale of fruit your fruit crops (farmers’ markets, food outlets, CSAs, etc). Attendees will learn about labeling best practices (i.e. 'organic’ vs. ‘locally grown’ etc) and best practices for preparedness of getting your fruit crops to market and how the Taos County Economic Development Corporation can assist you. 

RSVP: https://lp.constantcontactpages.com/ev/reg/hv2nznp  

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!

Learn from current and former agency staff and innovative public lands grazers on how we can work together for better outcomes for grazers and the health of publicly managed lands. Topics covered will include: Grazing techniques for improved forage and ecosystem health; how to work with public lands agencies, NRCS, and private organizations to improve infrastructure and technical support on your allotment, and how we can all work together toward a better future for grazing on public lands.  

Speakers:

Jesse Juen retired as the New Mexico BLM Director. He’s held positions throughout New Mexico and Arizona, as well as serving as Deputy Assistant Director for the BLM’s National Landscape Conservation System office in Washington, D.C. His professional focus has been in the area of collaboration in particular with special interest groups, private landowners, citizens, industry, local communities, and governments in land-use planning, management, and restoration of land health. He currently serves as an advisor for the Western Landowners Alliance and a program manager with the New Mexico Association of Conservation Districts. Over the past 4 years, Jesse has worked as a private contractor assisting local Soil and Water Conservation Districts, landowners, agencies and NGO’s in completing conservation practices at a landscape scale throughout New Mexico. As a result of the successes he has seen, he believes the agencies, landowners and the public have a bright future full of opportunities to accelerate land conservation management in concert with meeting the needs of the nation and our communities.

Mark Torres was raised on a ranch/farm in Black Lake, New Mexico. where he ranched with his parents, sisters and brother. They raised beef cattle and farmed grass and some oat and pea hay. Mark continues to farm and ranch with his family raising beef cattle on a combination of private, state and federal land. He also raises cattle, horses and chickens near Las Vegas, New Mexico with his wife. Mark is a member and president of a grazing association that grazes on the Valle Vidal Allotment of the Carson National Forest. Mark is a member of the Quivira Coalition and has participated on several projects in the Valle Vidal. Mark is also the past president of the Cimarron Watershed Alliance. He attended the University of New Mexico w/ a BS in Economics and was a computer system programmer before coming back to farming and ranching.

Ezequiel “EZ”  Rael was born and raised in Questa, NM. EZ attended New Mexico State University where he graduated with a Bachelor’s of Science degree in Range Science. He has worked for the USDA Forest Service, Carson National Forest since 1999 starting in Fire and Aviation Management before transitioning to Rangeland Management. EZ has worked as a Rangeland Management Specialist on multiple ranger districts for the past 22 years. He is also a fourth generation farmer and rancher where he raises cattle and grows hay on the same lands as his father and grandfather. His hobbies include hunting, fishing, and camping with his family.

Charlie Hibner is a retired soil scientist who performed soil surveys across New Mexico to create soil maps for the National Resource Conservation Service (NRCS). Charlie now devotes his time to running a cow-calf operation west of Cebolla, New Mexico. He says he ranches because he loves it as a way of life. The rangeland he leases on both public and private lands includes forest, dry land, rolling hills, scattered meadows, and wilderness areas containing steep canyons. For each land type he has developed unique soil health management strategies, but overall increasing soil organic matter is critical for retaining water and fostering the growth of microorganisms. He received the Land Steward Award from the New Mexico Association of Conservation Districts in 2019, the Bureau of Land Management Rangeland Stewardship Award in 2022 and is also a NM Soil Health Champion.

Lunch is provided. We’ll meet at the Costilla Community Center in the morning (35 New Mexico 196, Costilla, NM) and caravan/carpool over to Valle Vidal in the afternoon. There is camping available in Valle Vidal if you want to stay the night.

Contact Gillian Joyce (gilliandjoyce@gmail.com) or Leah Potter-Weight (education@quiviracoalition.org) with any questions. If you need support over the phone call Taos County Economic Development Corporation at (575) 758-8731.

Come to this hands-on workshop and learn best practices for managing fire blight, root rot, fungal infections, and bacterial infections, as well as traps for monitoring and controlling apple maggot, coddling moth, and peach twig borer. We'll also discuss management of rodents, deer and birds - implications for fencing, exclosures, electric fencing, and netting. Participants will receive past management traps and learn how to implement them.  We will be using an Integrated Pest Management (IPM) approach. IPM is strategy for managing pests that focuses on mitigating pest damage while also minimizing negative impacts on humans and ecosystems. It is not necessarily an organic approach, though many methods can be used in organic systems, and when done well IPM has fewer negative consequences for ecosystems.

This event is hosted by NMSU Taos County Cooperative Extension Service & 4-H Program and the De La Tierra a La Cosecha Coalition which includes Taos Valley Acequia Association, Taos County Economic Development Corporation (TCEDC), Taos Land Trust, and us, Alianza Agri-Cultura de Taos

Please RSVP HERE

Acequia irrigation for orchards! Please join us for this wonderful workshop taught by local farmer Carlos Arguello and Taos County Extension Agent Will Jaremko-Wright on the Arguello family orchard owned by David and Trinidad Arguello in Valdez. Whether you are new to acequia irrigation or are an experienced irrigator wanting to think more deeply about perennial ground covers, terracing and other earthworks, or optimal irrigation for a quality fruit crop, this is a great workshop for you. ADDED BONUS! Cherries need picking in the orchard! Bring $5, all you can pick! PLEASE RSVP by phone to (575) 758-8731, by email to info@tcedc.org, or online at https://lp.constantcontactpages.com/ev/reg/gn56n7m

This is a De La Tierra a La Cosecha Coalition Event in partnership with NMSU Taos County Cooperative Extension Service & 4-H Program and funded by NRCS! The coalition includes Taos Valley Acequia Association, Taos County Economic Development Corporation (TCEDC), Taos Land Trust and us Alianza Agri-Cultura de Taos

Join us next Wednesday, June 12th for our Taos County Land Stewards Happy Hour! If you are a farmer, rancher, acequero, gardener, ag service provider, custom contractor, or conservation service provider, come spend an evening on the patio of the Sagebrush. This month we will be hearing from TCEDC on the Matanza processing facility and their Ag Resource Center! Please RSVP HERE so the Sage can prepare for our numbers.
This event is hosted by the De La Tierra a La Cosecha Coalition, which includes Alianza Agri-Cultura de Taos, Taos County Economic Development Corporation (TCEDC), Taos Valley Acequia Association, and Taos Land Trust.

Join FSA State Director of Jonas Moya and community FSA coordinators to learn how getting an FSA number can give you access to low-interest loans, cost-share programs, grants, and disaster relief. Stay on after Jonas’ talk to walk through the FSA number application process.

To RSVP please call (575)758-8731 or click here

This event is sponsored by Alianza Agri-Cultura de Taos, Taos County Economic Development Corporation, Taos Land Trust, Taos Valley Acequia Association, and New Mexico Farm to Table.

GREAT event coming up May 14th!

A New Era in Conservation: How We Can Protect Our Landscapes, Restore Ecosystems, and Revitalize Rural Communities in the 21st Century with Lesli Allison, CEO of the Western Landowners Alliance.

Tuesday, May 14, 6:30pm

Encore Gallery at the Taos Center for the Arts

Suggested Donation of $5-$10

Join Lesli for a thought-provoking talk on the future of conservation in the 21st century. Explore how we can revitalize rural communities while protecting and restoring our western ecosystems.

Please reserve you seat HERE

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Lesli, a founding member and chief executive of the Western Landowners Alliance, and founding member of the Chama Peak Land Alliance, is among the most interesting and thoughtful voices in the conservation movement in the western United States today. For the past three decades, Lesli has worked extensively with private landowners and multiple stakeholders to advance conservation, sustain working lands and support rural communities. Prior to Western Landowners Alliance, Lesli managed a large ranch in the southern San Juan Mountains of Colorado. During her 16-year tenure, she implemented progressive conservation management through award-winning programs in restoration forestry, prescribed fire, grazing, stream restoration, hunting and wildlife management, and scientific research and monitoring. Lesli holds a B.A. from Columbia University and an M.A. from St. John's College, Santa Fe. She was born and raised in Pecos, N.M.

This event is hosted by the Taos Center for the Arts and the De La Tierra a La Cosecha Coalition, which includes Taos Valley Acequia Association Taos Land Trust Alianza Agri-Cultura de Taos, and Taos County Economic Development Corporation (TCEDC) All donations will be split between these five organizations to support more great community programming.