BFRDP Projects

Training Agroecological Farmers for a Hotter, Drier Future in the Chihuahuan Desert
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Award Amount: $568,435
Grant Program: 2020 Beginning Farmer and Rancher Development Program Awards
Project Director: Krysten Aguilar
Email: krysten@lasemillafoodcenter.org
Organization: La Semilla Food Center

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Project Overview

La Semilla Food Center has enhanced the success and sustainability of beginning farmers in the colonia areas of the Chihuahuan Desert ecoregion, strengthening a network of agroecological-focused farmers who understand desert farming and can contribute to a vibrant food system that prioritizes community and environmental health. Agroecology is an essential practice for desert farming that can help the limited-resource farmers of this ecoregion develop ways to work with nature to improve profits. Already, the project had leveraged long-standing partnerships to provide beginning farmer fellows with the knowledge skills, tools, and network needed to make informed agroecological decisions.

Number of Participants: 36

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