The New Mexico Next Generation Traditional Famers Collective is a community of next-generation* New Mexican farmers and seed-caregivers rooted in relations with each other, their elders, and the land. The Collective holds space for deepening networks, collaborative projects, and acts of mutual support and is dedicated to restoring, continuing and enhancing the traditional, ancestral land-based farming practices.
*‘Next-generation’ = people who identify as within the middle or bridge generation between youth and our elders.
Beata Tsosie-Peña dreamed of sharing Tewa farming traditions for years. With Saturday’s opening of the Española Healing Foods Seed Library, her dream is becoming reality.
A group of middle and high schoolers stood in the center of the Española Public Library and told a multi-generational audience what a seed is.