CSC’s Community Development Center (CODECE) assists Indigenous and Mexicano/Chicano communities in developing viable businesses that provide long-term economic opportunities while increasing quality of life and strengthening cultural lifeways.
Providing long-term economic security, protecting cultural practices and natural resources, and increasing the quality of life for families in New Mexico is a long-term goal for CODECE.
CODECE provides a full spectrum of business development resources and training to new and emerging community enterprises, including training in formal business incorporation processes, business and financial systems management, branding and marketing strategies, and other trainings to ensure long-term success.
FARMING
To date, CODECE has helped launch more than 70 farms and is currently providing support to farmers whose aggregate land and production value is approximately $56 million. CODECE has also provided critical trainings to nearly 300 Indigenous and Mexicano/Chicano farmers.
CODECE also assists farmers in acquiring start-up supplies and seeds, accessing land, equipment, and infrastructure as well as access to local markets. We have provided farmers with organic seeds, drip irrigation supplies, hoop house plastic covers, rainwater tanks, rototillers, and row covers.
CULTURAL TOURISM
CODECE’s other major business development areas include the creation of cultural tourism and agritourism businesses, artists’ collectives and other sustainable small businesses based on existing human, cultural and natural resources already in place in Indigenous and Mexicano/Chicano communities and enclaves. These emerging businesses are based on the principles of self-financing, use of existing resources and long-term access to identified markets.
RESOURCES
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If you are a farmer or would like to begin farming in your community, please take a moment to fill out this brief intake form to learn more about the CODECE program and how we can help you.
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Thank you to our partners and collaborators!
Agri-cultura Network | Albuquerque Downtown Farmers Market | Albuquerque Railyards Market | Bernalillo County Open Space Division | Black Mesa Farming Cooperative | Bueno Para Todos | Candelaria Fund | Chihuahua Farmers Collective | Cosmic Farm | Enclave | Everyday Greens Farm | Foro de Emergencias (MX) | Gallinas Cultural Tourism Cooperative | Grow the Growers | Gypsy Farm | Heart of the Dragonfly Farm | Isleta Pueblo Day School | Jemez Mountain Public School District | Jemez Valley Public School District | La Cosecha CSA | La Montañita Food Coop | McCune Charitable Foundation | Molino de la Isla | Native American Agriculture Fund | New Mexico Department of Agriculture | New Mexico Farmers Market Association | New Mexico Grown Program | New Mexico Public Education Department Farm to School Program | New Mexico State University Extension Service | Natural Resource Conservation Service | Produce Safety Alliance | Pueblo Resurgents | Rio Grande Community Farm | Sabor a México (MX) | San Felipe Pueblo Travel Center | San Miguel County Economic Development Division | Seeded Sisters | Shiprock Traditional Farmers Cooperative | Soil Health Academy | South Valley Academy | Thornburg Foundation | United States Department of Agriculture | W. Eriacho Organic Farm | W.K. Kellogg Foundation | Zacatecas del Norte | Zuni (Pueblo) Independent School District |