Sustainable Agriculture Science Center at Alcalde

Mission Statement

The Sustainable Agriculture Science Center at Alcalde's mission is to conduct agricultural and natural resource research to benefit small family farms and ranches of north-central New Mexico. Crop research includes various horticultural and agronomic crops. The Center is also cooperating on acequia hydrology research.

Since 1953, the Science Center has served as a weather station for the U.S. National Weather Service by providing climatological data. The Science Center has in the past also supported youth development and education through Research/Extension Apprenticeship Programs as well as by hiring youth through the New Mexico Department of Labor Summer Youth Program. The Science Center serves as the headquarters for the Cooperative Extension Service's Rural Agricultural Improvement and Public Affairs Project (RAIPAP). RAIPAP provides programs in sustainable agriculture, financial planning, and public policy skills throughout Bernalillo, Cibola, Guadalupe, McKinley, Mora, Rio Arriba, Sandoval, Santa Fe, San Miguel, Taos, Torrance and Valencia counties as well as to the Jicarilla Apache Tribe.