Farmer-to-Farmer Hub
A venue to connect farmers with the Native Crop Toolkit and each other.
We are launching a collaborative Native Crop Toolkit at 16 small farms along the Rio Grande River. The Native Crop Toolkit aims to increase dryland farming resiliency by utilizing on-farm conservation practices in the Rio Grande River Watershed in central New Mexico.
The Toolkit incorporates conservation strategies (habitat restoration, native seeds, pollinator resources) into traditional agricultural practices (production fields, cover crops, hedgerows), resulting in four Native Crop Tools: native seed production fields, native cover crops, pollinator hedgerows, and habitat restoration. Farmers can customize Tools and species that best suit their land, needs, capacity, and expertise, while benefiting from fewer resource inputs and a farmer-to-farmer (F2F) hub.
Farm Assessment Form
We are actively recruiting farmers for FALL 2027 HABITAT RESTORATION tool installation. please fill out the farm assessment form to get started.
Native crop tools will be installed on farms located within the 5 county project boundary (Santa Fe, Sandoval, Bernalillo, Valencia, Socorro).
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Events
meetings, Webinars, workshops, and farm tours
Farmers from all across New Mexico are welcome to join the Farmer 2 Farmer Hub. Anyone interested in the Native Crop Toolkit may attend webinars and receive online support.
Upcoming
Stay tuned for more webinars and workshops in 2027
Past
Wednesday, July 15 at 2 pm (MDT): F2F Hub Webinar - Hedgerows
Kristin Swoszowski-Tran of Ledoux Grange, an organic-certified diversified produce and research farm in Mora, New Mexico, shares her experiences integrating native pollinator hedgerows into working agricultural lands and discusses how these practices benefit pollinators, soil health, and on-farm diversity while supporting productive farming operations.
Tuesday, May 12 at 2 pm (MDT): F2F Hub Webinar - Introduction to the Native Crop Toolkit
Resources
Coming soon!
native crop toolkit technical guide
video chapters
We couldn’t do this work without our community. Thanks to our project partners.
This project is made possible by funding from the Environmental Protection Agency.