On a small patch of land north of Albuquerque, Orenda Martine reached for a red onion, trimming the root and then the stem, its papery skin rustling in her hands. Once she finished with one onion, she grabbed another from the pile to prepare for delivery to local families.
Rain that began falling the night before one morning earlier this month had just let up. Humidity hung in the air and deep mud where Martine and a few others worked squelched under their feet. Nearby, a second group, laughing occasionally as they went, washed and bagged carrots that went into the ground in the spring.
Martine (Navajo and Laguna/Zuni/Santo Domingo Pueblos) has been helping out at the Indigenous Farm Hub in Corrales for the past few years…