Alianza Agri-Cultura de Taos

Throughout the year, we bring together local innovators, world-renowned experts, and our farming community for both classroom and  hands-on education. We design our educational offerings in direct response to our community's needs, ensuring that every workshop provides practical, applicable knowledge for Taos County's unique agricultural landscapes. Check out our events page to see past and upcoming events and workshops we offer.

We facilitate collaborative learning opportunities between ecologists, range experts, conservation groups, and public lands managers to develop innovative solutions for grazing and ecosystem management on public lands. 

Alianza is currently facilitating a Public Lands Grazing project in partnership with the Working Lands Conservation, Friends of the Rio Grande, and the BLM to bring virtual fencing to producers grazing on public lands in the National Monument. In 2025, we attained funding for BLM permittees to use Halter e-collars on their cattle to enable higher intensity rotational grazing and save hours of time moving cattle virtually. Participating producers have access to technical assistance, ecosystem monitoring and educational opportunities. See here for more information.

Through regular educational events and social events including bimonthly farmer and rancher happy hours, we create spaces for producers, ag educators, service providers, conservationists, and community members to connect, share knowledge, and build lasting relationships that strengthen our community. We are working constantly behind the scenes to support peer-to-peer learning; connect producers with technical assistance, education and opportunities; build relationships, and increase a sense of community among our producers.

Southwest Rancher to Rancher

Ranchers across the Southwest are already figuring out how to heal land, grow better forage, and raise better livestock, building stronger operations and better lives along the way. That knowledge comes from lifetimes and generations spent observing and stewarding the land, and from constantly refining what works for forage, soil, water, and ecosystem function.

Scientists, agency representatives, advocates, and others involved in land management are welcome to join our events — but this is grassroots, peer-to-peer, rancher-driven learning, and the folks caring for the land every day will be leading the conversation.

We're launching in northern New Mexico and southern Colorado, with 4–6 events planned on ranches in the region between now and April of 2028 that are getting exciting results from traditional and innovative grazing and land management practices — and we expect to expand throughout the Southwest as the initiative grows. Each event will be a day long, held on a ranch in the region. We will walk land, do soil health and other demonstrations, share meals and stories, swap lessons learned, spend time with old friends in the ranching community, and make some new ones too.

Tierra, Agua y la Gente

In 2025, we began our Tierra, Agua y la Gente film series in partnership with the Taos Center for the Arts, NMSU extension and Taos Valley Acequia Association. We held showings of movies highlighting agriculture in Northern New Mexico, followed by panel discussions with community experts. We plan to continue the film series through 2026 and beyond.

In 2025, Alianza formed a partnership with the Ecdysis Foundation to bring Project Avalanche to Taos. We facilitated a cohort of 10 regenerative farmers and ranchers that received hands-on monitoring training from researchers at Ecdysis. Alianza supported the producers through training and sampling their farms to collect data indicators of soil health, biodiversity and plant nutrient density.  Producers receive comprehensive analyses of their data to better understand their land context and inform their land management practices moving forward. In 2026, we brought on 10 new producers to expand the program throughout Northern New Mexico. See our press page for details.

Working with partners like Holistic Management International and Taos Valley Acequia Association, we support acequia-level community visioning and organizing efforts focused on land, water, and community health. We work with acequia producers to access state funding for soil health/ag water resilience. In 2026, we collaborated with other local organizations to facilitate a beaver coexistence workshop series.

We collaborate with Taos County Extension to bridge the gap between agricultural landowners and land-seeking producers to keep Taos County's working lands vital and productive. Our land linking program helps preserve our agricultural heritage by matching landowners who want their fields, orchards, and grazing lands to remain active with skilled farmers and ranchers seeking opportunities.

Whether you're a landowner looking to keep your land in agriculture or a producer seeking land to farm or ranch, we can help create connections that benefit our whole community. Please see our contact page to reach out if you are interested in a land link for your property.

The De La Tierra a La Cosecha Coalition unites Taos County's core agricultural organizations—Alianza Agricultura de Taos, Taos Valley Acequia Association, and Taos Land Trust—in a groundbreaking collaborative approach to strengthening our local food system.

From the peaks of our watersheds to the food on our tables, we take a holistic view of agricultural vitality. By working together, sharing resources, and combining our expertise, we maximize our impact while reducing competition for limited resources. Our innovative model includes shared grant writing and communications support, allowing us to tackle bigger challenges and create lasting change.

Through this deep collaboration, we ensure that our land, water, and food systems are approached as the interconnected elements they truly are. Together, we're building a more resilient and vibrant agricultural future for Taos County.