Get Your Students Growing With the New Mexico Grow Project Grant!

Lessons that Go With the NM Grow Project Raised Garden

Bed & Indoor

Hydroponic System:

Can We Have Too Much of a Good Thing?

Can plants be damaged or killed by either too many or too few nutrients? Only an experiment will tell.

Flower Power

Are flowers really that important to food production? Students will learn the anatomy of flowers and just how important they are.

2024 National Ag

in the Classroom Conference

The Early Bird Gets the Worm! 

(or the cheaper rate)

Early bird registration is now open for the National Ag in the Classroom Conference that takes place in Salt Lake City, Utah on June 24-27,2024. The discounted rate to register ends May 12th.

Classroom Resource Grant

Get $500 to purchase materials and resources to teach your students about agriculture! You just need to be a currently employed PreK-12 certified classroom teacher. The deadline to apply is April 15, 2024.

Learn More & Apply Here

2024 Acequia Culture Youth Leadership Institute

A group of Acequia Youth Leaders (ages 14-19) from across New Mexico will be chosen to participate in a PAID learning and leadership program. We will have guest presenters, field trips, workshops, youth discussions and projects on topics including:

• The history, importance, and uses of NM Acequias
• Our connection to the land – acequia farming, ranching, and seeds
• The politics of land and water

Youth leaders will earn a stipend for program participation.

It's May-November 2024 and includes 8 ONLINE learning sessions (1-2 per month) and 2-4 IN-PERSON field trips/workshops.

Applications are DUE by Monday, April 8th at 5 pm.