This Summer ‘A’ term 2013, the Department of Anthropology is holding a field study school taught in Colorado and New Mexico. The 5 course involves experiential learning on the topics of agroecology, restoration ecology, and permaculture methods and materials at historic acequia farms, which are sustainable, equitable, and resilient farming systems. This summer, students will work on projects at the following acequia farms:

• Almunyah de la Junta de Los Ríos in Embudo, New Mexico. Edible landscape feature of heirloom wine grape trellises.
• Rancho Dos Acequias in San Acacio, Colorado. Contour swale to control water flows and trap sedimentation associated with flood irrigation.
• Rancho de los Martínez in San Francisco, Colorado. A raised-bed polyculture milpa and a seed savers’ hutch.
• Rancho Vialpando in San Francisco, Colorado. A dispensa, storage building of locally harvested wood (aspen and fir) built entirely without nails.

For more information, attend the information session on January 25 at 1:30 pm in Denny Hall 401, and/or contact dpena@uw.edu.