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Scope and Contents (Interviewer: Dylan Martin. Running time: 24:54.) Topics discussed include: family legacy of farming on a plot in Old Town, Albuquerque; crops grown; agricultural methods including permaculture; selling of produce; Ayala's educational background (including service in the Peace Corps and work as a microbiologist); Tres Hermanas Farm, which works with international refugees and employees methods such as growing crops familiar to the refugees; Rio Grande Community Farm and community farming...

Scope and Contents (Interviewer: Samantha Sena. Running time: 1:27:58.) Topics discussed include: Cuevas's background of growing up on a horse ranch and pistachio farm in Las Vegas, Nevada; personal significance of farming breaking a pattern of alcoholism and drug use; regeneration farming, sustainable farming, permaculture; the importance of education about agriculture and resilience; applying methods of small farmers to big agriculture; climate change and media; importance to agricultural resilience of the...

Scope and Contents (Interviewer: Micah Brown. Running time: 57:08.) Topics discussed include: Jo's education and background in farming, including experience with an AmeriCorps VISTA program working with refugees; previous work with Tres Hermanas farm; acknowledgement of Tewa culture and acequia irrigation; regenerative farming on leased land; agricultural methods such cover-cropping, crop rotation and taking crop notes; irrigation methods, including Jo's use of the community acequia and supplemental drip...

Scope and Contents (Interviewer: Jennifer Evans. Running time: 48:21) Topics discussed include: O'Halloran's background in agriculture and ranching, including Peace Corps; educational background; the distinctive nature of agriculture in New Mexico; Los Ranchos programs such as distributing produce to food banks, growing and selling hops and creating a vineyard, and the Los Ranchos education center including youth camps, events and research; seed saving, CO2 sequestration and irrigation methods for addressing...

Scope and Contents (Interviewer: Tiffany Neas. Running time: 50:09) Topics discussed include: the practice of organic but not certified farming, including obstacles to certification and future plans; any impact on customers of organic but non-certified produce; Zura's background and education and sustainable farming as a calling; challenges of farming in the desert; crop selection and planting strategies; cover-cropping; well as water source; soil improvement at Tres Arboles Farm; micro-sprinkler and drip...