Biography

Don Bustos has more than twenty years of experience as a New Mexican farmer and operates a certified organic vegan family farm in Espanola, NM. Bustos was honored by NMSU as the Leyendecker Agriculturist of Distinction in 2005, was named the New Mexico Farmer of the Year in 2006, and was named organic farmer for 2011 by the NMOCC. Bustos is the Program Director for the American Friends Service Committee-New Mexico, providing farmer to farmer training and working on issues of land and water rights.