Local Food Festival

2013 Local Food Festival & Field Day will be Sunday, October 13, 2013 from 11am-4pm at the Hubbell House.

Celebrating Food from the Ground Up

The Local Food Festival and Field Day is an annual event highlighting local food and agriculture in our region. The festival is organized by the MRCOG Agriculture Collaborative in partnership with Bernalillo County Open Space and a variety of local groups and organizations.

The continued success of this event reflects the ever-increasing demand for local agriculture, locally produced foods and gardening related activities. Many festival attendees have stated that they are now more willing to seek out New Mexico food products and to shop at area farmers’ markets. Others have indicated a new interest in growing more food and including more fresh and local foods as a part of their regular diet.

Connecting the public with local growers, producers, and businesses is crucial in sustaining local agriculture. The Local Food Festival and Field Day provides one step in helping to make those connections.

Enjoy a wide variety of activities including:

• Workshops and lectures about gardening/farming, seed saving, New Mexico's farming history and culture, and more!
• Music by local artists + readings, including poetry by Albuquerque Poet Laureate, Hakim Bellamy
• Tastings and chef demos + pie contest brought to you by Edible Santa Fe
• Cycling tours of the area and a bike valet, courtesy of Bike ABQ and the NM Touring Society
• Activities for kids including sack races, seed spitting contests, face painting and more!

In addition to the usual good food, family-friendly activities and entertainment you have come to expect, we are kicking it old school with some Abq Old School homesteading workshops, rounding up some beautiful-but-hard-working draught horses, displaying antique farm implements, telling stories, and much more!  See scheduled activities below.

 2012 Event Schedule

Go directly to:  Music | Readings+Storytelling | Workshops | Demonstrations | Film Screenings | Kids' Activities | Pie Contest | More

 Music

• 11:00-1:00  Music by Los Jarañeros del Valle
• 2:00-4:00  Music by Mala Maña 

 Readings/Poetry/Storytelling

• 11:30  F.E.A.S.T! Families Eating and Storytelling Together--Storytelling Performance for ALL Ages--by Liz Mangual & Bob Kanegis, Tales & Trails Storytellers. (Inside the Hubbell House Museum.)
  Story Sharing- Everyone Welcome and Encouraged 12:30-4PM
• 12:15 and 1:15  Storytellers Tony and Wilma Purley--Traditional Native Agricultural Practices at Laguna Pueblo and Dry Farming Techniques of the Hopis
• 12:30 to 4pm  Story Sharing, Everyone Welcome and Encouraged to Share Stories, hosted by Liz Mangual & Bob Kanegis, Tales & Trails Storytellers. (Inside the Hubbell House Museum.) Download the pdf to learn more about story sharing .
• 1:00  Albuquerque Poet Laureate, Hakim Bellamy, reads his Centennial poem
• 1:30  Enrique Lamadrid reads from his NM Historical Society, award-winning book, Amadito and the Hero Children: Amadito y Los Niños Heros
• 2:15 and 3:15  Regina Romero reads from her book Flora's Kitchen: Recipes from a New Mexican Family

 ABQ Old School Workshops

• 11:30-12:15  Food Preservation through Solar Dehydration | Erik Stout, Urban Farmer
• 12:30-1:15  Winter Gardening | Chuck Alex, Urban Store
• 1:30-2:15  Food Preservation through Lacto-Fermentation | Amylee Udell, Inspired Birth & Families
• 2:30-3:15  No-Knead Breadmaking | Amylee Udell, Inspired Birth & Families

 Demonstrations

• Chef Demos | Brought to you by Edible Santa Fe
  • 11:30  Ernesto Duran & Christine Abeyta | Forque @ the Hyatt
  • 12:30  Luis Enrique Valdevinos | Last Call
  • 1:30  Jason Green | The Grove 
  • 2:15  Saul Paniagua | Standard Diner
  • 3:00  Jaye Wilkinson | Farm & Table
• Draught Horse Plowing Demonstration | Brought to you by Wild Horse Harry and Rio Grande Carriage Works
  
• *Kettle Cooking Demonstration | *This activity may be cancelled. TBD.

 Film Screenings

• Land, Water, People, Time | Co-Produced by Cynthia Gomez | 55 mins
  • 11:15 
  • 1:00
  • 2:45 (Final screening of the day.) 
• 2012 Foodshed | Film by UNM Sustainability Studies Program | 12 mins
  • 12:15
  • 2:00
• Coronado Connects the Dots | Film by Noel Chilton, Alicia Garcia, Coronado Elem. School Students & Puremotherlove Videography | 25 mins
  • 12:30
  • 2:15

 Kids Activities

• On-going Workshops  | Brought to you by NMSU:  Bernalillo County Extension:
  • Plant a Seed in a Newspot
  • Make Garden Art Bookmarks 
• Games: 
  • Sack Racing
  • Seed Spitting 
• More:
  • Petting Zoo, Kids Cook, Face Painting, & Climbing Wall!

  Pie Contest

• Edible Santa Fe is hosting a pie contest!
• Register online to participate.
  • FREE to register. No more fee!
• 2 Types:  Sweet + Other
  • Only dairy-free and "no refrigeration needed" pies are eligible for the contest.
  • A minimum of one locally grown or produced ingredient (i.e., from anywhere in NM) is required. The more local you get, the more points you get!
• It's a blind contest. Judges will not know the bakers until the winners are announced.
  • Stay tuned for a list of the judges!
• Winners will be awarded a gift certificate to Savoy, their recipes printed in the spring issue of Edible Santa Fe and, of course, a ribbon!

 More

• KNOWaste, "the Resource Recovery Rangers", will work to make the festival a zero waste event!
• The Hubbell House Alliance also will provide guided tours of the house, the farm, and the demonstration gardens.
• Jim Holbrook will exhibit photos inside the Hubbell House.
• Beekeepers will talk about the importance of pollinators.
• There will be a seed exchange table brought to you by Plants of the Southwest. More exciting events to come! 

 Bike Ride to the Local Food Festival:  "The South Valley Loop"

• Date: Sunday, October 14 in conjunction with the Local Food Festival and Field Day
• Long Ride 
  • Meeting Place: O'Reilly Auto Parts at 3613 Isleta SW, just south of Rio Bravo
  • Time: Be ready to leave at 9:30 am
  • Distance: About 10 miles of riding to the Gutierrez-Hubbell House. It is about 3 miles of riding on Isleta from the Hubbell House back to the meeting place.
  • Ride Leaders: Dianne Cress and Gerald Martinez of the New Mexico Touring Society
  • Ride Description: A level ride at a slow pace (about 10 MPH) in Albuquerque's South Valley on paved residential roads between Isleta and Coors.
  • Directions:

Head south on Isleta to Lakeview. Turn right.
West on on Lakeview to Valley Gardens (almost to Coors). Turn left.
South on Valley Gardens. Cross Gun Club to Metzgar. Turn left.
East on Metzgar to Isleta. Turn right.
South on Isleta for a short distance to Muñiz. Turn right.
West on Muñiz to Durane/Evans. Turn left.
South on Evans to Torres, do a sharp right right.
Stay on Torres as it curves left and intersects Mayflower. Turn right.
West on Mayflower as it curves. Turn left on Henry.
From Henry continue to the intersection with Warren Lane. Turn left.
South on Warren Lane to Don Felipe. Turn right.
West on Don Felipe to the mini-traffic circle at Beck. Curve left.
South on Beck to the Pajarito Open Space parking lot 6001 Beck SW

ETA 10:15. Stop to check for additional riders at Parjarito Open Space

Continue on Beck to Pajarito. Turn right.
West on Pajarito to Wood. Turn right.
Turn right again onto Greer Loop.
Follow Greer Loop to Coors. Turn right.
North on Coors for a short distance back to Don Felipe. Turn right.
East on Don Felipe

Stop at 2232 Don Felipe (has old farming equipment in the front yard) and look carefully along the west fenceline!

Just before reaching Isleta, turn right on Hubbell Circle.
Follow Hubbell Circle until it intersects Isleta on the south side of the Gutierrez-Hubbell House, the site of the Local Food Festival and Field Day.
Park your bike at Valet parking while you enjoy the Festival. We may be a little early as your ride leaders are the parking crew. It opens at 11am.

You are on your own to get back to the meeting place. It is about a three mile ride north on Isleta to O'Reilly's.

• Short Ride/Family Ride
  • Meeting Place: The Pick-Up Point at Pajarito Open Space at 6001 Beck Rd SE.
    
    • (A longer organized ride will be by there to pick up any participants.)
  • Time: Be ready to leave by 10:15 am
  • Distance: This organized bicycle ride from Pajarito Open Space is about 3 miles to the Gutierrez-Hubbell House.
  • Ride Leaders: Dianne Cress and Gerald Martinez of the New Mexico Touring Society
  • Ride Description: A level ride at a slow pace (about 10 MPH) in Albuquerque's South Valley on paved residential roads between Isleta and Coors.
  • Directions:  See above, past the Pajarito Open Space pick up point.

• Information:  Please e-mail Gerald Martinez of the South Valley Cyclists at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. or the New Mexico Touring Society at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. . Also you can look at the Touring Society's web site www.nmts.org or the BikeABQ's web site www.bikeabq.org. 

• On your own
  • If you want to cycle to the Festival on your own, the Pajarito Open Space is convenient place to 'park and ride' with kids as there will be Bicycle Valet parking at the Festival. To do the very short ride on your own, just turn left onto Julie, the road at the stop sign on Beck south of the Open Space parking lot) to Hubbell Circle, turn right, then curve left to Hubbell. You will be on the south side of the Gutierrez-Hubble House. Come in the entrance on Isleta and see the Valet parking close by.

Happy Fall, everyone, and we hope to see you at the Hubbell House in October!

Highlights from Previous Local Food Festivals

2011:  Healthy Land, Food & People

See the photos from the 2011 event 

• Agriculture Implementation Research & Education (AIRE)
• Albuquerque Downtown Action Team
• Bernalillo County Cooperative Extension Service
• Bernalillo County Open Space
• Bookworks
• Bruce Milne, UNM Sustainability Studies
• Chef Jason Greene, The Grove Cafe & Market
• Chef Maxime Bouneau, Torrinos’ @ Home
• Chef Saul Paniagua, Winner of the 2010 Chef Knockout
• Chef Jaye Wilkinson, Los Poblanos Inn & Organic Farm
• City of Albuquerque Parks and Recreation Department
• Edible Santa Fe
• GardenersGuild
• Girls Gone Green
• Hubbell House Alliance
• Il Vicino
• Jessica Holland, Massage
• Jessica Sterner, Massage
• Katya Miller, “Picking Tuna in the Desert”
• Kids Cook
• KUNM
• La Montanita Coop
• Mid-Region Council of Governments
• South Valley Economic Development Center
• Sunflower Market
• University of New Mexico Sustainability Program
• Whole Foods
• Yasmeen Najmi (Poet)

2010 Local Food Festival

The 2010 Local Food Festival and Field Day was a success with approximately 3,000 in attendance. A special thanks to everyone who made this event possible! View photos on our Flickr page.

2009 Local Food Festival

Check out the YouTube video featuring photos from the 2009 Local Food Festival: CLICK HERE

2008 Local Food Festival

 Check out the YouTube video featuring photos from the 2008 Local Food Festival: CLICK HERE