Dr. Enrique Salmon joins the Board of Directors ENRIQUE SALMON, PH.D. JOINS ACEQUIA INSTITUTE BOARD OF DIRECTORS We are delighted to announce the appointment of Dr. Enrique Salmón to the Board of Directors of the Acequia Institute. Enrique Salmón is an assistant professor in California State University East Bay’s Department of Ethnic Studies. His book, Eating the Landscape: American Indian Stories of Food, Identity, and Resilience, is now available from the University of Arizona Press. Professor Salmón previously served as a program officer for the Christensen Fund and has long served as a supporter and advisor to the acequia communities and organizations of the Rio Arriba Bioregion. He is a Native American/Chicano with ancestral roots in the Raramuri people of northern Mexico. SKOKOMISH SMOKEHOUSE ELDERS RECEIVE GRANT The Acequia Institute announces a multi-year direct-to-producer grant to the Skokomish elders in Washington state for the launching of a "First Foods Sovereignty" Project. The grant will fund development of a community garden and cannery project. For details, please visit our "Current Programs" page. Acequia del Cerro, San Luis, Colorado Mission Statement The Acequia Institute, Instituto de la Acequia, is a private non-profit organization dedicated to collaborative research and education for resilience and social justice in acequia farming communities of the Upper Rio Grande bioregion. The Institute exists to protect and promote the acequia institution as one of the oldest forms of local democratic self-government and to nurture traditional forms of regenerative agriculture. The Institute promotes collaborative community-based research through the Acequia Fellows program and makes small grants to community-based organizations working in areas related to environmental and food justice. The Acequia Institute is a federally- registered 501(c)3 non-profit organization and all donations are tax-deductable. Board of Directors Devon G. Peña, Ph.D., University of Washington, Seattle, WA  Founder and President Rosalinda Guillen, Community 2 Community, Bellingham, WA Tania P. Hernandez, Peña Land Conservation and Restoration, LLC Treasurer Rufina Juarez, South Central Farmers Feeding Families, Los Angeles, CA Mario Montaño, Ph.D., The Colorado College, Colorado Springs, CO Gregory Rockwell, Esq., Private Practice Lawyer and Arbitrator, Seattle, WA Secretary Elisa Sabatini, Via International, San Diego, CA-Tijuana, Mexico Enrique Salmón, Ph.D. California State University-East Bay, San Francisco, CA Tezozomoc, South Central Farmers Feeding Families, Los Angeles, CA