The high desert of northwest New Mexico might seem an unlikely place for a large-scale commercial farming operation. The region receives only about 20" of annual precipitation. However, at an ...

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Historically Navajos have lived off the land. But decades of assimilation, forced relocation and dependence on federal food distribution programs changed that. Navajo farmer Tyrone Thompson is on a ...

The Navajo Nation Department of Agriculture requests that all Navajo farmers and ranchers enrolled in the Agriculture Infrastructure Fund (AIF) Program disregard any communications from CKP Insurance ...

On a clear summer day in July, New Mexico State University’s Agricultural Science Center at Farmington buzzed with activity across its sprawling 254-acre research farm. Interns Korbin Nakai and Melvin ...

The Environmental Protection Agency was investigating an old mine near Silverton, Colo., earlier this month, when it accidentally released 3 million gallons of toxic waste water into the Animas River.

The Navajo Nation is celebrating with a fair and rodeo Sept. 6-13 in Window Rock. The fair is an Arizona and Native American tradition, with a mission “to preserve and promote pride in the Navajo ...

The spill of heavy metals into the Animas River has contaminated water for hundreds of farmers in the Navajo Nation downstream, bringing up... The Environmental Protection Agency was investigating an ...