Cowboy Country: Sublime Pastures; life-changing regenerative farming - Valencia County News-Bulletin
Cowboy Country: Sublime Pastures; life-changing regenerative farming The sound of the traffic on N.M. 47 fades and the temperature drops as you walk further back through the pastures at Kirsten and Nathan Couevas’ small farm in Adelino. Fluffy red hens who have temporarily escaped their enclosure scratch and scavenge in the short grass while New Zealand heritage kunekune pigs grunt and chuff as they graze. Nathan stops to check on a pregnant sow; she nimbly lays down for belly rubs. Julia M. Dendinger | News-Bulletin photos The tusks of a kunekune boar might look imposing, but the pigs ten...