MRCOG Agriculture Collaborative Sponsored Events 

• MRCOG Agriculture Collaborative Meeting: Successful Farming in the Cool Season—and a post mortem on the Warm Season. Speakers include: Joren Viers, Bernalillo County Cooperative Extension Agent—capturing the cool season market.  How to take a vacation in June and still have plentiful gardens in the fall. Ron Walser, NMSU, Los Lunas Science Center—How to grow well in the fall/winter, what went right/wrong during the spring/summer—come with your questions and stories from the field.  The meeting will be held on Wednesday, November 12th from 9 am to 10:30 am at the MRCOG offices located at 809 Copper Ave NW. For more information, contact Ann Simon at (505) 724-3617 or at asimon@mrcog-nm.gov.

Events Sponsored by Other Groups in the Community

For more information on the events below, please use the contact listed for each event. To post an event, please contact us at localfoodnm@mrcog-nm.gov.

• The 2008 New Mexico Beekeepers Association Annual Meeting will be held on November 7th and 8th at the Immanuel Presbyterian Church.  More Information 
• Register now for Bernalillo County Cooperative Extension’s Urban Farming Series.  The Series will be held December, January and February and will cover Entrepreneurship, Cover Crops, and Fruit Tree Farming.  For more information contact Jeff Bader at 243-1386 or jbader@nmsu.edu.
• Hubbell House Lecture Series - last one of the season!  November 15th, 1:00 to 3:00 pm. Join Courtney White, Executive Director of the Quivira Coalition and author of Revolution on the Range - The Rise of a New Ranch in the American West for a book reading and signing.  More information
• Los Ranchos Growers Market: Don't miss the last market of the regular season schedule on Saturday November 8th, from 8 am to 11 am.  The Los Ranchos Winter Market will then be held the 2nd Saturday of each month December through April, 10 am to noon. The market is held at 6718 Rio Grande Blvd NW. More information/directions
• Last day for the Nob Hill Growers Market is Thursday November 6th, at Lead and Morningside in Nob Hill.  Get there early for the best selection. More information
• 2008 Maize Maze at Rio Grande Community Farm: Wind your way through this year's corn maze, which features a cottonwood tree, an owl, and sunflowers. The maze is open Friday evenings and Saturdays and Sundays and is great fun for the whole family. Last day for the maze is November 9th! See the RCGF website for hours/directions .

And don't forget to visit the variety of Albuquerque area farmers markets, many of which end at the beginning of this month.

If you would like to have your local food/agriculture event listed for the month of December, please contact KT LaBadie at localfoodnm@mrcog-nm.gov.