CULTIVO

CULTIVO

Community, Unity, Land, Tradition, Innovation, Vocation & Opportunity
A nonprofit in Questa, NM

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Growing food security, cultural continuity, and economic vitality in northern Taos County by inspiring, educating, and equipping the next generation.

mission

to grow food security, cultural continuity, and economic vitality in northern Taos County by inspiring, educating, and equipping the next generation

A nonprofit program of Localogy, a 501(c)(3) in Questa, NM

Season 2025

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Season 2024

We focused on working and learning at Cerro Vista Farm and selling what we produce at Questa Farmers Market.

Interns, Mentors and Farmer Daniel Carmona collaboratively planned and carried out our farming and marketing operations.

During the growing season we sold our produce at Questa Farmers Market and at a farm stand in front of Yoga Sala at the south end of Questa, east side of Highway 522.

We grew carrots and cabbage for our local grocery store, Sangre de Cristo Valley Market in Questa. They will sell this produce into January/February of 2025.

Funding

Our market vegetable enterprise helps pay interns, mentors, and farm educators, cover land and tractor use, as well as vegetable wash and storage facilities. We have received grants from: Chevron Grants For Good through the Taos Community Foundation, Rural Roots funding through the Community Foundation of Southern New Mexico, the LOR Foundation, the Seay Foundation, and the Questa Economic Development Fund.

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We are a 501(c)(3) organization and your donation is tax exempt. We will provide a letter for your tax records. Thank you!

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working with CULTIVO

Job Experience

  • Paid youth internships for ages 14-18 (older and younger people may apply)
  • Connect to local food producers and learn about agriculture, particularly vegetable farming, in northern New Mexico
  • Gain insight into small farm business operations, opportunities for community engagement, environmental education
  • Work in a supportive environment with Mentors and Farm Educators, gaining knowledge and skills
  • Create friendships, connect to land, and grow food

Mentors and Farm Educators

  • Experience an established business model, shovel-ready infrastructure, and intensive mentorship all provided at Cerro Vista Farm (CVF)
  • Work with Farmer Daniel Carmona and the Quintana family – Fred, Lena, Esperanza and Elias
  • Work with Mentors Heather Armstrong, Mikhael Oskarsson, Justin Powers and Gaea McGahee weekly to plant, weed, harvest, wash and pack produce, and track the farm data and sales

Local Food Connections

“Sometimes life gives you scapes, you just gotta make pesto . . . take life’s opportunities in your hand.”

Dominik Anaya Rael

CULTIVO Intern 2024

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