Henry Rael’s community organization was selected by the USDA in 2009 ago to create new farms in Albuquerque’s South Valley. He started with a single backyard farm, which has — since — grown to multiple sites. There are more than two acres under cultivation this year. Henry, whose background is in software development, is working to build a software platform to better connect growers and consumers; providing growers with a steady, reasonable market while delivering a safer, healthier, and more humane diet for New Mexico families.

Henry’s idea is fantasitic and one supported by our company’s as we’ve been promoting the idea of growing your own food as a healthy choice by also concentrating on managing your soil in a biological manner. Only healthy soil can grow a healthy crop, essential for growing food that is nutrient dense.