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New Mexico Coalition to Enhance Working Lands (NMCEWL) is a network of groups and individuals whose purpose is to support and enhance ongoing efforts to improve the health and productivity of New Mexico working lands that support agriculture and the environment. Our focus is to increase soil health, biodiversity, and hydrologic function wherever possible. This year, due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the 4th Annual NMCEWL Summit is going to be a virtual event. We have all learned a great deal throughout 2020 about engaging and collaborating in virtual spaces, and are grateful for the work so many of our partners have done to make those spaces more accessible and sustainable. The 2021 Summit will be held via Zoom, and will aim to be a place we can talk, share, and vision together for the upcoming year. Because of feedback we've heard from many individuals and organizations, we do not want to contribute to Zoom and virtual meeting overload, and therefore are hosting the Summit in an alternative format. This year, presentations from individuals and organizations are being recorded prior to the day of the summit to be made available as podcast episodes! Each episode will highlight a unique collaboration at the intersection of agriculture and conservation in New Mexico. We are encouraging Summit participants to listen to the episodes prior to the Summit--in the car, during your lunch, or whenever it is most convenient for you! Episodes will be accompanied by several questions to guide thinking and promote conversation around successful collaborations in the state, and to reflect on our own work. On April 21, we will gather together to share reflections, ideas, and visions for how we can continue to collaborate and work across our various sectors to positively impact the collective efforts to enhance working lands in New Mexico.
Episodes
Monday Apr 18, 2022
Monday Apr 18, 2022
Monday Apr 18, 2022
Monday Apr 18, 2022
Bees date back over 10,000 years on the American continent and are vital to the health of almost every bite we eat, but today they face threats from industrialization and habitat fragmentation. Melanie Kirby is a decades-long beekeeper, a scientist, a member of Tortugas Pueblo, and extension educator for the land-grant program at the Institute of American Indian Arts in Santa Fe. Her diverse background gives a perspective on bees and pollinators that brings together Western and indigenous perspectives, and that can help everyone from farmers to urban gardeners play a role in the revitalization of this keystone species.
Monday Apr 11, 2022
Monday Apr 11, 2022
The suicide rate among farmers is alarmingly high—and yet there is widespread reluctance to talk about topics like depression, anxiety, and substance abuse. A new program called AgWell is helping farmers, ranchers, agriculture workers, and their families, get the help they need—and to learn how to help others in their community. We talk to Clinton Wilson, program director of AgWell, and Dan Waldvogle of Rocky Mountain Farmers Union, which has been instrumental in founding the program.
Monday Apr 11, 2022
Monday Apr 11, 2022
Monday Apr 04, 2022
Monday Apr 04, 2022
Isabelle Jenniches co-founder of the New Mexico Healthy Soil Working Group, and her mission for many years has been to create networks of organizations and individuals working together to advance soil health—and thereby improve the health of ecosystems, food, people, and climate. She brings a vision of healthy rangelands and croplands across the state, and land management drawing from both traditional and innovative practices.
Monday Apr 04, 2022
Monday Apr 04, 2022
Tuesday Apr 20, 2021
Ep. 8 New Mexico Collaborations: Toner Mitchell and Trout Unlimited
Tuesday Apr 20, 2021
Tuesday Apr 20, 2021
Executive Director of the Quivira Coalition meets with Toner Mitchell from Trout Unlimited to share stories from his time bringing together collaborative conservation projects from around the state.
Tuesday Apr 20, 2021
Ep. 7 New Mexico Collaborations: Commissioner Stephanie Garcia Richard
Tuesday Apr 20, 2021
Tuesday Apr 20, 2021
In this episode we are joined by Commissioner Stephanie Garcia Richard from the State Land Office. She shares with us the challenges and joys in working with a wide variety of stakeholders--from lessees to government agencies to nonprofits. Interview by Arielle Quintana.
Wednesday Apr 14, 2021
Ep. 5 New Mexico Collaborations: Patricia Dowd of Western Landowners Alliance
Wednesday Apr 14, 2021
Wednesday Apr 14, 2021
Steph Marie von Ancken speaks to Patricia on bringing diverse interests together to achieve a common goal: the conservation, restoration and protection of lands, water and wildlife. She is the Policy Associate at the Western Landowners Alliance.
Wednesday Apr 14, 2021
Wednesday Apr 14, 2021
Join co-host Arielle Quintana for a conversation with Sebastian Africano and Dr. Valerie Small about the work that the organization Trees, Water & People is doing in New Mexico!