Our Story
Our farming start began in 2010 with a small organic vegetable garden on the Navajo Nation. Later, we added animals to our program providing a more comprehensive dietary menu that respected Indigenous concepts and sustainable means of providing healthy food, not only for our family but our community.
When we moved from the Navajo Nation to Durango, Colorado, we began to prioritize our farming to fit the limited water supply and short growing season. In the first year, our garden produced more veggies than we could consume, prompting us to seek out better means of distributing our produce through Farmers Markets or CSA-style options.
We then found ourselves with an opportunity to move to Los Lunas, NM to continue our endeavors.
We have since expanded our farm to include heritage breed pigs (Mangalica/Red Waddle), Wagyu/Angus and British White cattle, Navajo Angora Goats and a few Boer and Saaneen breeds to round out the herd.
Part of our focus is to raise and grow all-natural food, many indigenous to the region and to promote healthy living, food sovereignty and Native Cultural preservation through our efforts.
Community is important
At Nizhoni Farms we try and source inputs from the local community as much as possible. We buy hay from our neighbors in the Isleta Pueblo as well as Navajo Agricultural Products Industry (NAPI). Grains for chicken and pig feed as well as corn for finishing the cattle before harvesting are sourced all over the four corners area from farmers who either grow a non-GMO grain or practice organically. We are always looking and seeking out farmers who share the same growing practices as we do at Nizhoni Farms.