Although New Mexico isn’t listed, many states are, and their experience could be relevant to ours. Check out this article:
From Apples to Popcorn, Climate Change Is Altering the Foods America Grows
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/04/30/dining/farming-climate-change.htm
Note that raspberries, tart cherries, watermelons, chickpeas, wild blueberries, heirloom popcorn, peaches, apples, kiwi fruit, artichokes, and rice are at risk.
President Deb with Ingrid
You would have had to be there to hear each member’s reason for being there. I didn’t hear anybody say we don’t use pesticides or herbicides, and our only fertilizers are manure and compost. Maybe by now it goes without saying. Joyce told about the bio-reactor workshop she and Ron attended and our plans to make one. You can learn what it is and how to build one at the following link. Go to page 8 to see what it looks like. What amazes me the most are the air tunnels and the one-minute-a-day watering- on-a-timer routine.
http://case.nmsu.edu/case/pasodelnorteagriculturalworkshops/documents/Johnson-Su_Bioreactor_BMP.pdf
Last week we gave away a worm farm at the Whitfield Science Fair, and today some of us remembered Dave whose story and video about eliminating trash for a year are here:
and here: