Body of Health in the Big One

The Farm
The Seeds of Change Farm was begun in Gila, New Mexico, in 1989 by several passionate gardeners with a vision of preserving good open-pollinated seed varieties and promoting seed saving. Many hands contributed to the evolution of this company and the collection of seeds we now have to offer.

In 1996 the Research Farm moved north to a site closer to our offices in Santa Fe. We are currently growing on six acres of river valley flood plain along the Rio Grande River in El Guique, NM, at about 5600ft elevation. The land is ancient agricultural land originally cultivated by the Tewa people and has been farmed continually for thousands of years. We've developed our fields into good productive ground by intensively cover cropping, amending the soil with compost, practicing crop rotations, and minimizing soil degrading tillage practices. Our field season runs from April through September with cold, snowy winters and hot dry summers. In good years we are blessed with midsummer monsoon rains to augment our irrigation. Our irrigation water comes from an acequia (ditch) diverted from the Rio Grande River. We employ micromisters, drip, and flood irrigation according to crop needs. In recent years we've upgraded our facility with 3,600 square feet of greenhouse space, a 2,000 square feet pollination isolation tent, and an improved irrigation system, allowing us to optimize our growing and conduct research on several crops at once. All of our ground is certified organic by Oregon Tilth. Our farm staff consists of four year-round employees, additional summer field help, and one or two summer interns. During the fall and winter months all of the Seeds of Change seed is carefully cleaned in our state-of-the-art seed cleaning facility located on the farm.