Can teff handle high winds? This on-farm trial aims to find out.
Written by Mary Hathaway, OFRF’s Research & Education Program Manager
Ledoux Grange, situated at 7,400 feet in Mora, New Mexico, is an organic certified, 34 acre operation focused on regenerative agriculture. Farmer Kristin Swoszowski-Tran has been cultivating Lilium species (a genus of herbaceous flowering plants growing from bulbs, including lilies) and hybrids – since the 1990s, registering novel cultivars with the Royal Horticultural Society in Great Britain. As a member of the Southwest Grain Collaborative, Ledoux Grange also specializes in growing drought-tolerant, high-altitude pulses, legumes, grains, and cover crops, and is committed to bringing culturally rich, locally-grown produce to their community.