Will Jaremko-Wright is the Taos County Agricultural and 4-H Agent for New Mexico State University’s Cooperative Extension Service. He holds a Bachelor of Science in Forestry and a Master of Science in Natural Resources Management from New Mexico Highlands University, where he also taught for nine years.
Throughout his career, Jaremko-Wright has gained diverse experience in forestry, wildlife biology, farming, and ranching across the Southwest. This background provides him with a unique perspective on the interconnected roles of agriculture, conservation, and natural resources management in the region.
A practitioner of his craft, he primarily irrigates on the Acequia Madre del Rio Chiquito and has experience with other acequias in Taos County. He also maintains a small sheep flock and has grown hay, fruit, and home gardens. As a county agent, he has had the opportunity to visit numerous farms and ranches, and he particularly enjoys learning about the historical land-use and farming traditions from local residents.
His lecture, which will be held at the Kit Carson Coop Board Room, located at 118 Cruz Alta Rd, Taos, NM 87571, on Saturday, September 6th, 2025, at 2:00 PM, will focus on how New Mexico’s agriculture is a unique blend of customs from Indigenous Americans, Spanish colonists, along with influences from the Texas and Mexican cattle ranching traditions, and more recently, the “back-to-the-land” movement of the 1960s. He will cover the long history of these changes, from early Indigenous food systems and Spanish farming practices to their evolution through the colonial, territorial, and statehood periods. He will emphasize that while “la cosecha” (the harvest) may look different today than it did 200 years ago, it is part of a continuous tradition that farmers and ranchers in Taos County still carry on. The program will discuss these historic changes within the context of the region’s current agricultural landscape.
The Taos County Historical Society is a 501(C)(3) non-profit organization founded in 1952 dedicated to the recording and and dedicated to preserving the irreplaceable in Taos County.
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