Santa Fe Food Security

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"When Lowden first joined Ancestral Lands in 2011, fifteen or fewer people in all of Acoma were farming, and most were over the age of 40. “They [farmers] were not renewing those seeds and propagating them,” said Lowden.

Through the Ancestral Lands Farm Corp, Lowden began to teach Acoma youth traditional farming methods, seed selection and saving, and food preparation. Since 2020 they have had as many as 65 farmers."

Blue corn and melons: meet the seed keepers reviving ancient, resilient crops In north-eastern New Mexico, traditional Indigenous farming methods are being passed down to protect against the effects of climate crisis