Food/Agriculture

Hard-won victory on dairy discharge

By Dan Lorimier, Conservation coordinator, Southern and El Paso groups

After roughly two and a half years of effort, the Rio Grande Chapter has successfully helped protect New Mexico’s precious but highly threatened groundwater that 9 out of 10 of us rely on for drinking.

Submitted by Jeff Potter on 15 January 2012 - 2:22pm
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"The Dark Side of Chocolate" Conscientious Projector Film Series in ABQ

7-8:30 pm, Friday, October 7, 2011
First Unitarian of Albuquerque at Comanche and Carlisle Social Hall
Look for us First Friday of every month.

Synopsis:
Nearly half the world’s cocoa to make chocolate come from cocoa farms in the Ivory Coast where child labor and slavery (human trafficking) are used to produce cocoa. Two US representatives, Senator Tom Harkin of Iowa and Congressman Eliot Engel of New York, brought an agriculture bill containing a federal system to certify and label chocolate products as slave free.

Submitted by Jeff Potter on 24 September 2011 - 11:00am
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Sierra Club n Beer- ABQ - August 18 - 7 to 9 pm

August Sierra Club n Beer
When: August 18th 7 pm - 9 pm

Where: O’Nielll's Pub, 4310 Central Ave SE 87108 (O’Niell’s is located at the southwest corner of Central & Washington, parking in rear)

Submitted by Jeff Potter on 15 August 2011 - 7:05pm
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Sierra Club N' Beer - August 18 - ABQ - 7 - 9 PM

August 18 SC n Beer

· Thursday, August 18th, 7pm-9pm

· O’Nielll’s Pub, 4310 Central Ave SE 87108 (O’Nielll’s is located at the southwest corner of Central & Washington, parking in rear)
http://maps.google.com/maps?q=4310+Central+Ave+SE+87108&oe=UTF-8&gl=us&z=16

· Guest speaker: national organization Food & Water Watch

· Theme: healthy, sustainable food and major changes needed to the national Farm Bill

· First 25 people to arrive get a free drink ticket good for any beer or house wine (snacks only-chips, salsa, and queso

Submitted by Jeff Potter on 12 August 2011 - 1:27pm
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Quivira Coalition’s 10th Anniversary Conference

Tuesday-Thursday, November 8 – 10, 2011
Embassy Suites Hotel, Albuquerque, New Mexico

New Agrarians: How the Next Generation of Leaders Tackle 21st Century Challenges

Across the nation, a new agrarian movement, centered on food and land health, is growing into a dynamic force. Led by youth (including the young-at-heart) and their mentors, this burgeoning movement is tackling some of the most daunting challenges of our time: food security, land restoration, conservation, climate adaptation and sustainable prosperity. In the process, they are overturning traditional paradigms of conservation and agriculture. In this Conference we will hear from a wide variety of new farm, ranch and conservation leaders and their innovative, hands-on ideas and practices that are changing the way we look at the land, our water and ourselves. Courtney White, Executive Director

Submitted by dvw on 8 July 2011 - 10:26am
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Home Water Conservation

Stewart Lake by DVW

Over the past three years, our family has consumed 38% less water than the prior owners of our house. During this same time period, the neighbor’s water consumption has been 9 times our water consumption in a house of similar size. Learn what you can do.

Submitted by dvw on 8 March 2011 - 11:33pm
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NM Water Quality Commission Approves Safeguards for Clean Water

December 15 – The New Mexico Water Quality Control Commission (WQCC) today passed New Mexico’s first industry-specific regulations for the dairy industry. The new regulations will govern dairy waste pollution in ground water. The decision marks the end of a two-year process begun by the dairy industry itself, which asked for industry-specific regulations during the 2009 New Mexico legislative session.

“These regulations are way overdue”, said Jerry Nivens of Caballo Concerned Citizens. “This is a victory for clean water.”

Submitted by dvw on 29 December 2010 - 11:29am
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9th Quivira Coalition Conference: The Carbon Ranch

Pioneers around the country and the world are building soil, increasing local food production, improving the water cycle and removing carbon dioxide from the atmosphere. Hear and meet them in one place at The Carbon Ranch: Using Food and Stewardship to Build Soil and Fight Climate Change, the Quivira Coalition's 9th annual conference in Albuquerque, New Mexico, Nov. 10-12.

Submitted by Jeff Potter on 7 October 2010 - 1:33pm
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La Montanita Coop and Los Poblanos Organics – A Promising Future in Sustainable, Carbon-neutral Local and Regional Food Supply “Food-Shed”

East Mountain Organics Worker with Produce

The growth of global food markets, agricultural subsidies and megastore retail chains has transformed the food New Mexicans consume today, and stands in stark contrast to providing food just 60 years ago. Along the river valleys of New Mexico there has been continuous agriculture in small pueblos and villages thanks in part to ingenious water-giving acequias. The Anazazi ancestors of today’s Puebloan Native Americans settled near year-round rivers around 1400 and in the 17th century Hispanic settlements also became established.

Submitted by Jeff Potter on 1 September 2010 - 8:11am
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NM Water Quality Control Commission Hears Dairy Regulation Proposals

June 9, 2010 – Santa Fe: New Mexico’s highest regulatory water quality authority, the Water Quality Control Commission (WQCC) is considering the State’s first industry specific groundwater discharge regulations as proposed by NMED, and the stronger regulations proposed by the Citizens Coalition of Caballo Concerned Citizens, the Rio Grande Chapter, Amigos Bravos and Food & Water Watch with the New Mexico Environmental Law Center’s legal support.

Submitted by Jeff Potter on 17 June 2010 - 12:24pm
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