Ocotillo Solar Electric is a full-service residential solar company specializing in the installation and design of solar pv systems. We are a locally owned and operated business determined to bring high quality, low cost solar installations and exemplary customer service to homeowners. With a long history in the solar industry, we are proud to offer our services in Albuquerque and the surrounding areas.

Solar, battery backup, and EV charger installation for homeowners in Albuquerque and the surrounding area. Led by NABCEP-certified installers.

New Mexico's 47 Soil and Water Conservation Districts (SWCDs) work with landowners, communities, farmers, ranchers, and public agencies to conserve soil, water, and other natural resources. Through technical assistance, education, and locally driven conservation projects, SWCDs help improve watershed health, reduce erosion, enhance water quality, and promote sustainable land stewardship across the state.

Vital Soil Landscapes is proud to partner with Soil & Water Conservation Districts throughout New Mexico by providing permaculture education, regenerative landscape design, healthy soil practices, rainwater harvesting strategies, and community workshops that support resilient landscapes.

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The University of New Mexico Department of Geography & Environmental Studies prepares students to understand the relationships between people, place, and the environment through interdisciplinary education and research. Areas of expertise include environmental studies, geographic information systems (GIS), remote sensing, climate resilience, land-use planning, and sustainable resource management.

Vital Soil Landscapes values opportunities to collaborate with UNM in advancing regenerative landscape design, permaculture education, healthy soils, water conservation, and community-based environmental stewardship.

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SFCC emphasizes student success, innovation, equity, career readiness, and economic mobility, with programs designed to respond to the needs of the regional workforce and community.

SFCC is a community-based education partner for permaculture, regenerative landscaping, water conservation, sustainable agriculture, and climate-resilient design training, especially given its Trades, Advanced Technologies, and Sustainability pathway.

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Urban Earth Landscaping is an Albuquerque-based, locally owned landscape design-and-build company serving Albuquerque and surrounding communities. Its work includes complete outdoor environments, irrigation, hardscaping, patios, water features, outdoor living areas, and landscape installation.

Vital Soil Landscapes collaborates with qualified landscape professionals to help translate regenerative designs into carefully constructed, functional, and attractive landscapes.

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The National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition (NSAC) advocates for federal policy reform for the sustainability of food systems, natural resources, and rural communities.

NSC is an alliance of grassroots organizations that advocates for federal policy reform to advance the sustainability of agriculture, food systems, natural resources, and rural communities.

NSAC’s vision of agriculture is one where a safe, nutritious, ample, and affordable food supply is produced by a legion of family farmers who make a decent living pursuing their trade, while protecting the environment, and contributing to the strength and stability of their communities.

NSAC member groups advance common positions to support small and mid-size family farms, protect natural resources, promote healthy rural communities, and ensure access to healthy, nutritious foods by everyone. By bringing grassroots perspectives to the table normally dominated by big business, NSAC levels the playing field and gives voice to sustainable and organic farmers. To do this work, NSAC:

• gathers input from sustainable and organic farmers and ranchers, and from a diverse group of grassroots farm, food, rural, and conservation organizations that work directly with farmers;
• develops policy through participatory issue committees that involve NSAC member organizations and allies;
• provides direct representation in Washington, D.C. on behalf of its membership to members of Congress and federal administrative offices, such as USDA and EPA; and
• builds the power of the sustainable agriculture movement by strengthening the capacity of its member groups to promote citizen engagement in the policy process.

Providing critical soil and ecosystem service data to support working lands stewardship.

At Working Lands Conservation, we believe every land steward deserves access to the tools that drive sustainable land management and long-term resilience. That’s why we provide high-quality soil and ecosystem service data, paired with interactive feedback and consultations. So stewards can use information about their landscapes to shape ongoing management decisions.

Our lab exists to:

• Equip land stewards with clear, science-based data they can use.

• Support soil health and land resilience through accessible ecosystem monitoring.

• Bridge the gap between science and practice with affordable, field-ready tools and insights.

American Farmland Trust leads the conservation agriculture movement with a mission to save America’s farms and ranches by protecting agricultural land, promoting sound farming practices, and helping farm families stay on the land. AFT takes a holistic approach, recognizing the vital connection between the land itself, the practices employed on that land, and the farmers and ranchers who steward that land. Through on-the-ground projects, objective research, and effective advocacy, AFT addresses major challenges facing farmers and ranchers, positioning farming to serve both economic and environmental goals. The widely recognized No Farms No Food® message AFT crafted highlights the importance of farmland, connecting the food we eat to the farms that grow it.

AFT's efforts have saved millions of acres of farmland from development and supported tens of thousands of farmers in adopting sustainable practices. Despite these successes, the challenges are urgent: every day, 2,000 acres of farmland are lost to non-agricultural uses, many farms continue to lose topsoil at alarming rates; and one-third of America’s farmland may change hands in the next 15 years as aging landowners sell their properties. These trends jeopardize the future of agriculture and our environment. Farmland is essential for food production—the demand for which is expected to increase by 60% by 2050. But farmland is also essential for a wide array of ecosystem services on which our future depends.

Since 1985, Farm Aid has answered 1-800-FARM-AID to provide immediate and effective support services to farm families in crisis. Now Farm Aid’s online Farmer Resource Network connects farmers to an extensive network of organizations across the country that help farmers find the resources they need to access new markets, transition to more sustainable and profitable farming practices, and survive natural disasters.

Grassroots Carbon is a regenerative land management and carbon removal company that partners with ranchers to restore soil health, strengthen ecosystems, and unlock new revenue streams through measurable, verified ecological outcomes.

SARE is a program of the U.S. Department of Agriculture's National Institute for Food and Agriculture that provides competitive grants and educational materials. Our grants programs are conducted cooperatively by farmers, ranchers, researchers, and ag professionals to advance farm and ranch systems that are profitable, environmentally sound, and good for communities.

The SARE grant program mission is to advance innovations that improve profitability, stewardship, and quality of life in American agriculture by investing in groundbreaking research and education. To achieve that, Western SARE believes that our programs must include the involvement of agricultural producers from inception to finish, and therefore we require producer involvement in the planning, design, implementation, and educational outreach of any funded project.

Roots of Resilience promotes restoration of the world’s grasslands through Holistic Management. They accomplish this by:

1. Healing lands using properly managed livestock to create triple-bottom-line benefits, thereby sequestering carbon, improving watershed health and enhancing ecosystem processes, and regenerating social systems.

2. Empowering others to use properly managed livestock to heal the land by providing consulting, facilitation services and teaching how to use Holistic Management to create environmental, economic and social benefits

3. Removing barriers on the path to successful large-scale change through activities such as conducting research, developing sound policies, creating market incentives and raising public awareness.

Rio Grande Return restores riverscapes and ecosystems unique to the arid Southwest.

Rio Grande Return restores riverscapes and ecosystems unique to the arid Southwest using low-tech and process-based methods to foster resilience, adaptive capacity and stewardship in these important land and water resources.

Founded in 2007, Rio Grande Return has been advocating for the protection of the unique waters, wetlands, and wildlife of the Southwest. Additionally, we have been involved in the development and management of many on-the-ground projects resulting in the protection and restoration of thousands of acres of wetlands throughout New Mexico.

RGR is a 501(c)3 non-profit organization registered with the New Mexico Attorney General’s office. Our Federal EIN number is 20-8434393, our NM identification number is 03-132049-00-0 and our UIE with Sam.gov is MQ5PYN5LRRZ1.

RGR has planted over 600,000 willows and cottonwoods, 2,500 native riparian container plants and 55,000 salt grass plugs; cultivated more than 3,500 lbs of wetland plant seed on over 200 acres; cleared invasive trees from 450 acres of wetlands; constructed exclosures to protect riparian plantings from cattle and elk browse across 200 acres; erected/repaired 50 miles of wildlife friendly fence; constructed and maintained 4,500 in-stream structures on 25 miles of streams; engaged approximately 200 volunteers/year; installed pond levelers in rural communities to promote beaver co-existence strategies; engaged in erosion control activities to support post-fire restoration; established a native seed propagation farm; focused on strategies for development of native wildlife habitats and refuges on formerly agricultural lands; and administered Youth Conservation Corps programs offering field work experience to young people from native and non-native communities. RGR is currently employing more than 30 full-time and seasonal staff, is engaged in over 30 projects statewide with a cumulative $6M investment and is cultivating a continually expanding network of partners. Current efforts reflect our prioritization to scale up restoration practices to achieve functionally impactful landscape-scale outcomes and influence land use tenure practices on public lands to shift away from historically extractive practices and encourage agencies toward restorative, ecologically centered uses attuned to climate adaptation and water security.

The Western Landowners Alliance advances policies and practices that sustain working lands, connected landscapes, and native species.

We envision a future in which private and leased public lands in the West are resilient to stressors, healthy, and biologically diverse, and provide for prosperous rural livelihoods and critical ecological services.

We provide a collective voice, a peer network and a shared knowledge base for landowners striving to keep the land whole and healthy.

Founded by Mark Shepard, a leading voice in agroforestry and permaculture, RAD helps farmers and landowners transform degraded landscapes into thriving, resilient ecosystems that produce abundant food, fiber, fuel, medicines and building materials. Our approach restores soil health, enhances biodiversity, and creates profitable, climate-smart farms for the future.

Soil health is a unifying cause, but there can be real barriers to its implementation. The Working Group addresses these barriers by providing soil health education and critical resources for producers, engaging in collaborative demonstration projects, building the soil health movement in the greater society and advancing supporting policies.

NCAT advances practices in sustainable agriculture and clean energy, reducing poverty, so that both people and the environment can flourish.

ATTRA Sustainable Agriculture: A cornerstone of NCAT's work.

From regenerative grazing and organic production to marketing strategies and climate resilience, our hands-on technical assistance helps producers make the most of what they have, build resilience in uncertain times, and stay responsive to new opportunities.

Land and Carbon, Inc. restores degraded lands with science-driven nature-based carbon solutions to capture gigatons of CO2 - starting now.

Since 1984, HMI has collaborated and worked alongside government agencies, NGOs, and businesses who work with family farmers, ranchers, tribal members, and pastoralists to support their communities as they grow and thrive. They share their educational programs and the knowledge and experience of their international network with these communities to support their adoption and evolution of regenerative agricultural practices that empower them to strengthen their businesses, produce healthier food, improve local wildlife habitats and protect the environment.

Their mission is to inspire, educate, and equip all land stewards, including farmers, ranchers, and conservation organizations, to unlock their own potential and the full potential of the land, water, and communities with whom they engage.

The Guild practices and promotes stewardship ​to forge a healthy future for people and forests.

American Farmland Trust’s mission is to save the land that sustains us by protecting farmland, promoting sound farming practices, and keeping farmers on the land.

San Isidro Permaculture provides ecologically based design, installation, education, and land-care services in Santa Fe and northern New Mexico. Their work includes active and passive water harvesting, irrigation, erosion control, land restoration, landscaping, vegetable gardens, and other regenerative systems.

Vital Soil Landscapes collaborates with San Isidro Permaculture on permaculture education, professional training, water-harvesting workshops, and regenerative design initiatives.

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ABC Seamless of Albuquerque installs custom-fit seamless gutters, downspouts, collectors, leaf-protection systems, parapet caps, soffit, fascia, and other exterior products. Its gutter systems help direct roof runoff away from buildings and toward storage tanks, rain gardens, basins, and other water-harvesting features.

Vital Soil Landscapes values experienced installation partners who can help connect roof-catchment areas with practical and reliable rainwater-harvesting systems.

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Trees That Please is a New Mexico nursery offering native and adapted trees, fruit trees, shade trees, shrubs, flowers, vegetables, bulbs, indoor plants, and other plant material selected for regional growing conditions.

Locally appropriate plants are essential to successful regenerative landscapes. They can reduce water demand, support wildlife, provide food and shade, and increase long-term landscape resilience.

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Vibrant Earth Seeds is a small, family-run seed farm and company in Southwest Colorado offering open-pollinated, non-GMO, chemical-free, regionally adapted seeds for the Rocky Mountains and Desert Southwest. Their collection emphasizes resilient, drought-tolerant, low-water, short-season, cold-hardy, heirloom, and landrace varieties, with a particular focus on ancestral Southwestern seeds and seed stewardship.

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