SHEEP, WEAVING, WOOL & YARN

ORGANIC PRODUCTS

FOOD

ARTICLES ON TIERRA WOOLS & GANADOS DEL VALLE

NEW MEXICO CULTURAL & TRAVEL LINKS

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SHEEP, WEAVING, WOOL & YARN

Cerro Mojino Woolworks Sam and Connie Taylor, Churro wool growers and yarn producers south of Tres Piedras, NM. http://www.navajo-churrosheep.com/member-webpages/CerroMojino.html. Sam's photography can be seen on his web page http://www.taosartprints.com.

Fantasy Fibers Custom, exotic, fiber carding and spinning. Fibre processing, sales and blending, for Qiviut, Alpaca, Angora, Llama, Mohair, Merino, Hemp and many other fibers. Processed fibres available in batts, roving or yarn. http://www.fantasyfibers.com. Also registered quality Llamas and stud services at www.lloveablellamas.com

Navajo-Churro Sheep Association History, characteristics, preservation, listing of breeders, etc. http://www.navajo-churrosheep.com/

Rachel Brown's Rio Grande Weaving Supply in Taos NM, which has a complete line of looms, spinning wheels, yarns and more. 1-800-765-1272. http://www.weavingsouthwest.com/

Tierra Wools A worker-owned handweaving, handspun, and handdying workshop in Los Ojos, New Mexico. Most wool from the Shepherd's Lamb flock is processed here into organic knitting yarn and one-of-a-kind handwoven clothing. www.handweavers.com

Links Organic This British site has a large list of all kinds of organic web sites and producers as well as news and information on organics. Free listings. http://www.linksorganic.com/

Robinson, Jo, Why Grass Fed? Jo Robinson describes the hazards of eating meat and eggs from cows and chickens that aren't allowed free range--and the benefits of meat and eggs from grassfed livestock. http://www.eatwild.com

US Dept of Agricultural's National Organic Program Complete information about the new national certification of organic products. http://www.ams.usda.gov/nop/

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Center for Sustainable Environments at Northern Arizona University CSE brings together the talents and expertise of scientists, educators, independent scholars, business leaders, government agencies, non-profits, students, and community members to seek creative solutions to environmental problems. http://www.environment.nau.edu

Community Alliance with Family Farmers Founded in 1978, the Community Alliance with Family Farmers is a nonprofit member-activist organization. CAFF political and educational campaigns are building a movement of rural and urban people who foster family-scale agriculture that cares for the land, sustains local economies, and promotes social justice. Members are urbanites, farmers, environmentalists, rural activists, students, and anyone concerned with the social and environmental dimensions of agriculture. http://www.caff.org/

Fallon, Sally, Nourishing Traditions, 2nd Edition New Trends Publishing, 1999. Offers ancestral culinary customs for increasing nutrient values in nuts, fruits and vegetables, meats and milk products; information about the hazards of soy, modern grains, modern food processing, and polyunsaturated oils. Describes the vital role of nutrient-dense animal fats for fertility and infant health. Contains over 700 recipes. Fallon is a nutritional researcher. See also the websites she has launched: www.RealMilk.com and www.WestonAPrice.org. www.4RadiantLife.com offers numerous high-quality products which support the kind of nutrition Dr. Weston Price encouraged.

Local Harvest Local Harvest maintains a definitive and reliable "living" public nationwide directory of small farms, farmers markets, and other local food sources. Their search engine helps people find local sources of sustainably grown food, and encourages them to establish direct contact with family farms in their local area. http://www.localharvest.org/

Deborah Madison Author of The Greens Cookbook, This Can't Be Tofu, The Savory Way, Vegetarian Cooking For Everyone and Local Flavors. http://www.randomhouse.com/features/deborahmadison/

The International Slow Food Movement Slow Food promotes the pleasures of the table and mounts a defense against the eroding effects of the fast life through the support of sustainable agriculture and traditional foods and their production methods. An international movement, there are over 30 convivas (groups) throughout the country. http://www.slowfood.com

www.Price-Pottenger.org Since 1965, this organization has promoted the work of dentist Weston Price (see the entry under Sally Fallon) and MD Francis Pottenger, who studied generations of cats, and the effects of different diets on their health. Their aim is for babies to be healthier than their parents; and for those babies' children to be yet healthier. Price-Pottenger offers an extensive list of books and dental products for sound health; they also offer a list of health care professionals who are nutrition-wise and environmentally aware.

www.WestonAPrice.org In the 1930s, Weston A. Price, a dentist, studied the health and diets of populations untouched by western civilization. This organization presents clearly articulated nutritional information based on Dr. Price's findings: Traditional diets contained no refined foods (i.e. refined sugar or corn syrup, white flour, pasteurized milk, refined or hydrogenated oils, etc.) All traditional cultures consumed some sort of animal food, including gelatin-rich meat broths, butter, poultry fat, etc. The site also presents info about the dangers of soy. See also www.BeyondVeg.com, by and for current and former vegetarians who share their process and research as they struggle to "do the right thing" for their bodies, their consciences, and the environment. Wise Traditions, the organization's quarterly, is packed with up-to-date information on topics such as breastfeeding, sustainable farming in Japan, the hazards of and nutritional remedies for vaccines. The Weston A. Price Foundation, PMB # 106-380, 4200 Wisconsin Ave., NW, Washington, DC 20007.

About Us

The Business of Art
article on Tierra Wools and Pamela Michaels (The Collectors Guide) in New Mexico Woman, Nov/Dec 1998. http://www.nmwoman.com/981112/boa.html

The Collectors Guide: Los Ojos Handweavers
1996 Feature on a Los Ojos Handweavers, LLC with color photos of weavings, apparel & Churro ram. http://www.collectorsguide.com/ts/tsfa03.html

The Collectors Guide: Side Trip Tierra Wools
1996 Feature on a Tierra Wools Side trip from Taos to Tierra Wools with color photo of Churro ram. http://www.collectorsguide.com/ts/tsfa03.html

High Country News: October 1995
Cover feature article on the suit between the Sierra Club and the state Attorney General on behalf of Ganados del Valle. Explores grazing issues, conflicts between ranchers and environmentalists. B&W Photos of Manzanares family, Maria Varela, weavers and others. http://www.hcn.org/1995/oct16/dir/Feature_In_the_hea.html

Tierra Wools - Community Development in Action
1999 Feature by Kay Matthews of La Jicarita News, a community newspaper that advocates for land based communities and sustainable use of public land resources in northern New Mexico. http://www.lajicarita.org/99oct.htm#tierrawools  http://www.lajicarita.org

Tierra Wools: Looking for Home in the Homeland
1994 paper by Maria Ochoa for UC Santa Cruz based on 1992 interviews. http://humwww.ucsc.edu/DivWeb/CultStudies/PUBS/Inscriptions/vol_7/Ochoa.html

Enchanted Lands Bicycle Tours A circle tour from Taos to Ojo Caliente, Abiquiu/Ghost Ranch, Tierra Amarilla and back over the Tusas Mountains to Taos. http://www.enchantedlands.com/tour6.html

New Mexico State Parks (http://www.emnrd.state.nm.us/nmparks/) including El Vado Lake State Park http://www.emnrd.state.nm.us/nmparks/PAGES/parks/elvado/elvado.htm & Heron Lake State Park http://www.emnrd.state.nm.us/nmparks/PAGES/parks/heron/heron.htm

GreatNewMexico.com http://www.greatnewmexico.com/ The largest New Mexico directory and guide to New Mexico websites.