Soil health related events in New Mexico and online. Contact us if you’d like your event listed!

Chispas Farm Workshop Series
Coakee William Wildcat will teach a three-class series on soil, ecology, climate, agroecology, food forestry, and ecorestoration at Chispas Farm.
Class 1: Soil and Ecology
Class 2: Ecology Deep Dive – Ancestral and Modern Science
Class 3: Restoring Relationships and Reclaiming Our Role as a Keystone Species
May 18th, June 8th, and June 22nd. Class one will be held from 3:30 pm until 7:30 pm. The times for the other two will be determined closer to those dates. All classes by donation.
→ For more information email mothertree.earth@gmail.com
Soil Health Marketplace
Join us for our 9-month market series, February to October, dedicated to empowering private and public landowners in soil health management. Designed for the upcoming growing season, each monthly event is a hub of valuable information.  Engage with conservation partners, farmers, and gardeners ready to support your soil health goals.  Conveniently drop off or pick up soil samples for testing, place cover crop seed orders, and receive personalized assistance in navigating federal, state, and local conservation programs.
2nd Saturday of every month
Monthly markets begin February 10th and end October 11th, 2024
10am – 3pm
Catena Commons
7208 Jefferson Street Northeast Ste. C, Albuquerque
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Tribal Drought Workshop
Two days of training with Federal, Tribal and private individuals who have extensive experience in drought planning and mitigation.
MAY 22 @ 8:00 AM – MAY 23 @ 4:00 PM
Southwestern Indian Polytechnic Institute in Albuquerque, NM
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Syntropic Agriculture Course
Syntropic agriculture is a powerful form of regenerative agriculture that combines ancient Indigenous agroforestry systems with modern ecology and plant physiology science and works with natural systems to create fertile, resilient farms and gardens that produce nutrient-dense foods while repairing local ecosystems. Course subjects include soil ecology, ecological succession, forest ecology, regenerative agriculture principals, and ancient and modern agroforestry. We’ll design, prepare, and plant a small agroforest farm parcel, and learn what forms of maintenance can make an agroecosystem syntropic. Camping space available on site. Suggested donation $60-200.
May 24-27, San Cristobal, NM
→ For more information email mothertree.earth@gmail.com. 
Small Acreage Stewardship and Homesteading Skills workshop series
New Mexico State University Cooperative Extension Service will host a Small Acreage Stewardship and Homesteading Skills workshop series from April to October. The workshop will offer sessions focused on educating landowners on how to be good stewards of the land and providing skills on producing a viable product from their natural resources. Topics include:
May 16 at 6 p.m.: Soil health and cover cropping systems
June 1 at 9 a.m.: On farm composting
June 15 at 9 a.m.: Rotational grazing with mobile fencing options
And many more.
The free workshops will be held at 6 p.m. Thursdays and 9 a.m. Saturdays at NMSU’s Sustainable Agriculture Science Center at Alcalde, 371 Country Road 40, Alcalde, New Mexico.
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Solar Developer Agrivoltaic Workshop
2 days of interactive presentations
and hands-on activities at Jack’s
Solar Garden including:
DESIGN & DEVELOPMENT
DAILY OPERATIONS & MANAGEMENT
COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT RESEARCH ACTIVITIES
FUTURE AGRIVOLTAIC CONSIDERATIONS AND SO MUCH MORE!
25 tickets available at $800 / person
May 30 & 31,
2024
Jack’s Solar Garden,
8102 N. 95th St, Longmont, CO
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Wetland Restoration Workshop for Students and Families
This hands-on workshop will focus on improving landscape health. Together, we will be planting willows, seeding native plants, and creating erosion control structures.We will be meeting at the mouth of Arroyo la Mina/1st Arroyo (HWY 75 & CR 67) at 9:00 am. The location is remote (we will carpool to park, then it is about .5 mile walk in), so please be on time. You will also be signing a waiver from State Land Office before we start. Please contact Adrienne Rosenberg at 901-603-9496 if you are late. Bring lunch, sunscreen, hat, water, gloves, and sturdy shoes. Please RSVP, 20 person max workshop.
Rescheduled for Saturday June 1st, 2024
9:00 AM-2:30 PM Dixon, NM
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Farm Field Day
Explore Pueblo farming traditions and modern soil health strategies at our field day with Soil Scientist/Agronomist, Gabriella Coughlin of Catena Environmental. During the field day participants will learn about soil testing, managing nutrients, and how to develop a cover crop to support summer soil health. Attendees will even see a new cover crop trial being planted using small farm equipment! Connect with experts and fellow soil stewards in a celebration of sustainable New Mexico agriculture. Join us for a day of learning, community engagement, food, and fun! Address and directions will be sent closer to the event.
Saturday, June 1st, 2024
Jemez Pueblo 9:00 AM – Noon
Lunch will be provided.
→ Please RSVP
SOS: Superheroes of Sustainability
Let’s gather together and figure out how we can make our world a little better! It’s the regeneration of soil, water, wallets and bellies in San Juan County. Economists, professors, writers, chefs and more are coming to enlighten and inspire during this two-day event at Wines of the San Juan.
Saturday June 1st 9am – 4pm
Sunday June 2nd
10am – 2:30pm
233 HWY 511
Blanco, NM
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What can the farm service agency do for you?
Join Jonas Moya, State Executive Director of the New Mexico Farm Service Agency (FSA), for an insightful workshop. Over the last 5 years, FSA has distributed over $508 million in program benefits and loans to New Mexico farmers and ranchers. Discover how getting your FSA number gives you access to new funding opportunities, including low-interest loans and grants for infrastructure and climate-smart projects.
Saturday, June 1, from 2 to 4 PM, in the TCEDC HACT Room (1021 Salazar Road, Taos). Free to attend!
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Bullseye Monitoring Workshop
Join Santa Fe Conservation Trust and Ecotone Landscape Planning for this restoration workshop. We will be monitoring rangeland for future restoration work.
Saturday June 8th from 8:00 am-3:00pm at the Santa Fe Conservation Trust land near Lamy, NM. 
→ To register, email Melissa@sfct.org
SEEDS OF AGROFORESTRY
In collaboration with Flowering Tree Permaculture Institute, Quivira Coalition will be hosting a workshop focused on food forests. The first part of the workshop will include immersion into the 35-year-old food forest at Roxanne Swentzell’s home in Santa Clara Pueblo, where we will learn how she stewarded this unique ecosystem. In the afternoon, we will travel to Flowering Tree’s other site in Española to traverse the grounds and observe the ecosystem and interactions between land, light, wind, and water. We will also work together to plant a permaculture guild- a plant grouping that benefits the whole.
Saturday, June 15, 9 a.m. – 4 p.m. | Española, NM
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Agrivoltaics in Colorado: University of Arizona Research
The Colorado Agrivoltaic Learning Center is providing a series of discussions about agrivoltaics highlighting various professionals engaged in or adjacent to the field of agrivoltaics.
 Webinar
Thursday, July 18 2024
1:00 pm MT
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2024 Pueblo of Isleta Environmental Fair
Mark your calendar for the 2024 Pueblo of Isleta Environmental Fair!
Look for the full invitation and exhibitor registration form in the coming weeks.
Saturday, July 27th, 2024
10:00 AM to 2:00 PM
Pueblo of Isleta Recreation Center
→ More information coming soon
Regenerating Profits Through Adaptive Grazing
The three-day, SHA school at CS Ranch will feature instruction by some of the most preeminent pioneers, innovators and advocates in today’s soil health and regenerative agricultural movement. CS Ranch partner and school host Kim Barmann says the ranch will provide SHA attendees with the opportunity to see the improvements gained by implementing adaptive stewardship principles.
Tuition $1,375 —Scholarships available!
August 7-9, 2024
Cimarron, NM
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Native Lands Stewardship Webinar Series
Produced by the First Nations Development Institute, this series is intended for natural resource professionals, particularly those working on Tribal lands, and others interested in learning innovative approaches to ecological stewardship.
Ongoing
→ Check the website for upcoming webinars!
Monthly NM Tribal Weather Outlook
NM State Climatologist Dave DuBois provides information on current and upcoming weather and climate conditions on tribal lands in New Mexico. General weather updates for the entire state will also be shared.
Ongoing
→ Register for the monthly webinar here
Understanding Ag Webinars
Understanding Ag is partnering with Soil Health Academy to bring you a series of mostly free webinars, featuring regenerative pioneers such as Gabe Brown, Shane New, Allen Williams and Ray Archuleta and guest speakers. You can also watch recordings of past webinars.
Ongoing
→ Check the website for updates!
Rodale Institute Webinars
Rodale Institute offers an ongoing webinar series, many of them for free. View and register for upcoming broadcasts or check out the extensive archive of previous webinars to watch at your convenience.
Ongoing
→ Check the website for upcoming broadcasts
Land and Leadership Initiative Webinars
All of the Land and Leadership Initiative’s past webinars are now available for FREE (though if you can afford to pay, please do.) You will have to register in order to watch these webinars.
Ongoing
→ View past and upcoming courses
Webinars from Green Cover Seed
Recordings of past webinars and updated information on live webinars presented by Green Cover Seed. Topics range from “Start with the Soil”, “Learn from Experts”, “Learn from Others”, to “Livestock Feed Soils” and “Reduce your Inputs”.
Ongoing
→ View upcoming and past webinars