We have been working with our garlic in our math class at Chrysalis, looking at the sizes of the bulbs in the population. We harvested almost 100 bulbs of garlic from our two rows last year and this year are … Continued
Here we are preparing some land to plant garlic on Mr. and Mrs. Mondragon’s land that AIRE leased for this purpose. Here you see Chrysalis Senior David Branchal wrestling 8 horses to get the job done. In the process, the … Continued
Today we gathered again to work the rest of the apples. We reserved the applesauce-making process after the freezing and dehydration workshop as the apples do not have to be as fresh to make applesauce. We have already made about … Continued
Today we organized a massive school-wide apple-processing event to commemorate our potential to actualize food security given local abundance and generosity from our local apple trees and their owners. Orion Cervio, head teacher at Chrysalis, was able to get boxes … Continued
A couple of weeks ago I received a phone call from a representative from the New Mexico Department of Agriculture to attend a forum on the coexistence between traditional, organic, conventional, and genetic engineered agriculture. Participation in the forum was … Continued
It was great to incorporate this chicos-eating and stringing-up workshop as part of the school day at Chrysalis. Not only did all the students get to eat fresh chicos, but the Sembradores of our summer program were able to facilitate … Continued
Since we over-estimated the amount of corn we would need for our horno-making workshop, we now have an abundance of corn that requires us to make another batch of chicos. The nice thing about us needing to make another batch … Continued
This morning we gathered around the horno in anticipation of how our first batch of chicos might come out. Will they be cooked just right? Or will too many of them be burnt? These questions will be answered shortly… We … Continued
Immediately after our sweet corn harvest, we proceeded to Chrysalis Alternative School to fire up our horno. We obtained some extra sweet corn from a local vendor, but it now appears as if we have too much corn! Maybe we … Continued
Today we went to Parr Field to harvest all of our sweet corn. The sweet corn is destined for a chicos-making workshop that will be the first time we use our horno at Chrysalis Alternative High School. Chicos are traditionally … Continued