Saturday, March 8th, 9:00 am — 5:00 pm
Northern NM College, Española, New Mexico
Farmers, ranchers, herbalists, and healers are especially encouraged to participate!!!

Featuring: Community updates by sponsors of the conference including the NM Food and Seed Sovereignty Alliance, New Mexico Acequia Association, Traditional Native American Farmers Association, Communities for Clean Water, Northern NM College, Taos County Economic Development Corporation, and NMSU Cooperative Extension Service at the Alcalde Sustainable Agriculture Science Center . Presentations by Dr. Richard Ford on a historical perspective on agriculture in the region and Dr. Lorrin Pang on the threats to human health and the ecosystem from genetically engineered food. Also, workshops on seed saving and basket making will take place in the morning.

Our vision for the conference is to celebrate our food traditions and honor our relationship with food through ceremony and recognition of farmers and ranchers who are the caretakers of the seeds which were passed on to us by our ancestors and which we will pass on to future generations.

Our hope after the conference is to increase the cultivation of foods that are spiritually and culturally meaningful to our communities.

Our plan is to cultivate stronger relationships through a network of families dedicated to growing a little extra this growing season to produce seed to share in future years and to nurture this network into a "living seed exchange" of sources of seed for all farmers and ranchers in our communities.

Schedule
8am registration
9am opening prayer
10am community updates and presentations
12pm lunch
1pm santa clara dancers
2pm seed ceremony
3pm recognition of traditional farmers
4pm seed exchange
5pm closing

Donations of $10 will be accepted at the
door but no one will be turned away.
Preregister by calling 505-995-9644.
For more information, please contact us at 505-995-9644 or http://www.lasacequias.org/programs/seed-alliance/.