Hacienda Dominguez & Chelenzo Farms

03/22/2026

https://www.santafenewmexican.com/opinion/letters_to_editor/federal-overreach-that-would-hurt-family-farms/article_c3f882c8-b6c0-49c4-98be-04b9c78abf33.html

Chelenzo Farms is a 350-acre regenerative farm in the high mountain desert outside Cerrillos. My wife, Chelsea, and I started this farm as a means to build a healthier life

02/26/2026

You are invited to join us for our inaugural One-Day Holistic Wellness Retreat. Participants will experience a special combination of learning and movement that takes into consideration our whole selves: our minds, bodies and spirits!

CLICK ON LINK BELOW TO REGISTER AND READ RETREAT LEADER BIOS!

LOCATION: Chelenzo Farms, 48B Rainbows End, Cerrillos, NM, 87010

THE AGENDA

AM
8:00 Registration & Continental Breakfast
9:00 Tai Chi with Sifu Jill Basso
10:00 Regenerative Nutrition Presentation & Discussion, Daina Rasutis, Table To Crave
11:00 Hatha Yoga with Claire Jacquez

PM
12:00 Communal Lunch provided by Chelenzo Farms
1:30 Guided Hike
3:00 “How Exposures to Heavy Metals & Microplastics Affect Human & Plant Health”, Dr. Eliane El Hayek, Phd, Assistant Professor, Pharmaceutical Sciences, UNM
4:00 Restorative Yoga & Sound Bath with Claire Jacquez & Dr. Karen Hebert
5:30 Conclusion & Goodbyes

https://www.haciendadominguez.com/la-hacienda/2026-04-11-one-day-holistic-wellness-retreat

01/27/2026

https://www.bbc.com/storyworks/specials/living-legacy/the-extraordinary-flight-of-the-mexican-long-nosed-bat/

feature presented by Bat Conservation International. The Mexican long-nosed bat must fly more than 750 miles (1,200km) in the course of their migration into Texas and New Mexico and back again in autumn.

01/23/2026

SANTA FE’S OWN REPRESENTING NM AT THE NATIONALS FUTURE CITIES STEM COMPETITION IN DC, FEB 14-16! WE’D LOVE YOUR SUPPORT!

This past Saturday the annual Future Cities competition was held at the engineering school at the University of New Mexico (UNM). This year’s competition focused on the theme of “farm to table.”
24 teams made of 6th - 8th graders competed and for the second consecutive year the team from Mandela International Magnet School here in Santa Fe took first place and will now be representing the state of New Mexico at the Nationals Competition in Washington, DC February 14-16.

Their winning design integrated forward looking technology, renewable energy systems designed to care for and renew the environment, and regenerative and progressive agricultural methodology. As part of the team’s research and one of the distinguishing parts of their project, the kids visited and met with some prominent and world-class farming institutions in Santa Fe, including Desert Verde aquaponics farm, the Controlled Environment Agriculture program at Santa Fe Community College, Synergia Ranch (creators of Biosphere 2) and Chelenzo Farms.
As the kids put it:

“This project represents months of hard work, late nights, problem-solving, and belief in our ideas about how cities of the future can better serve people and the planet. Advancing to nationals is a twice-in-a-lifetime opportunity, but getting there requires raising $15,000 to cover travel, lodging, materials, and registration costs. We are looking forward to proudly represent New Mexico on the national stage.”

As you may be aware, New Mexico consistently ranks at or near the bottom (50th or 51st, including D.C.) in nationwide education rankings and student proficiency metrics. Sadly, data from 2024 and 2025 indicates the state ranks last in reading and math for 4th and 8th graders.

Thus, as you might imagine this is an amazing opportunity to promote and support STEM education in and from Santa Fe and New Mexico, and to showcase these brilliant young minds and their work in the fields of science, technology, engineering, math, environmental conservation and regenerative farming.

So, the kids would love for you to please consider supporting them and their newsworthy endeavor. Here is the great gofundme page they put together:
https://gofund.me/ab38db1e6

Thank you, thank you, thank you for your support.

09/09/2025

AN EXCERPT

Residential pesticide use was the main source of exposure for these children. Although the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) prohibited CPF for indoor household use in 2001, it continues to be applied in agriculture for non-organic crops such as fruits, vegetables, and grains. This ongoing use results in toxic exposure from outdoor air and dust, particularly near farming areas.

Prenatal exposure to Chlorpyrifos in the womb disrupts brain development. Risks remain for children in farming communities. A recent study has identified a connection between prenatal exposure to the commonly used insecticide chlorpyrifos (CPF) and structural changes in the brain, along with redu

08/04/2025

Rising debt, falling crop prices and labor force struggles are pushing America's farmers to the limit in 2025.

07/21/2025

https://santafe.craigslist.org/grd/d/cerrillos-milking-alpine-nubian-goat/7866430420.html

MILKING ALPINE/NUBIAN GOAT & KID FOR SALE We have a year and a half old Alpine/Nubian goat in milk for sale that gave birth to a healthy whether (castrated male) on April 13. $150 for doe and...

07/17/2025

MEET ME AT THE BEST LITTLE FARMERS MARKET IN SANTA FE TODAY, Thursday, July 17

We have a great selection of organic produce, freshly processed organic chicken and potted Agave plants! We’ll be at the Cerrillos Station Farmer’s Market, just 15 minutes south of the Santa Fe City limit, this afternoon from 4-7 pm. Hope to see you there!

ORGANIC PRODUCE THIS WEEK

Beets
Butterhead Lettuce
Carrots
Culinary Tarragon
Hakurei Turnips
Russian Kale
Onions (Red & White)
Parsley
Zucchini

ALSO FOR SALE
Potted Agave, $15 1 gallon; $10 pint
Organic whole chicken, $5 lb.
Organic pork lard, $10 a pint

07/17/2025

MILKING ALPINE GOAT & KIDS FOR SALE (10 livestock goats total)

We have a year and a half old Alpine goat in milk for sale that gave birth to a healthy buck (male) and doe (female) on April 13.

She is currently nursing them and produces about half a gallon of milk each day.

If you’re interested, please text 646.320.6553.

Alpine goats are noted to live 12-15 years.

Many people enjoy the healthy benefits of drinking raw goat milk and their milk can be made into butter, cheese, soap, ice cream or any other dairy product normally made from cow's milk. They are often used for commercial dairy production, as well as homestead milk goats.

Goats also are a great way to trim weeds and hazardous wildfire prone land because they love to graze on grass, shrubs, juniper and other plants.

We are selling them as we already have three other goats in milk, which collectively produce more than we need.

Note all bucks have been castrated. Does in milk must be purchased with kids, sale negotiable.

All goats were fed hay from our local San Marcos Feed store, greens and such from our organic market garden, organic goat and alfalfa pellets for those in milk, and forage of native plants on our land. We are an organic regenerative farm, so we do not use herbicides or pesticides. More information about our farm can be found at ChelenzoFarms.com

2 does in milk ($200 each)
1 doe not in milk ($150)
2 kid does ($100 each, 3 months old)
3 kid bucks ($75 each, 3 months old)
2 bucks ($50 each, a year and half old)

DETAILS ON DOES IN MILK

Glory (100% alpine doe in milk, paid $400 for her 3 years ago, makes half gallon a day)
- Lil Whitey/Winnie (doe), 3 months old

Zelia - has red collar (alpine/nubian doe in milk, Glory’s child), 1.5 years old
- Buck (Theodore, buck), 3 months old
- Doe (piper, doe), 3 months old

07/10/2025

MEET ME AT THE BEST LITTLE FARMERS MARKET IN SANTA FE TODAY, Thursday, July 10

We have a great selection of organic produce, freshly processed organic chicken and jars of awesome organic pork lard. We’ll be at the Cerrillos Station Farmer’s Market, just 15 minutes south of the Santa Fe City limit, this afternoon from 4-7 pm. Hope to see you there!

ORGANIC PRODUCE THIS WEEK
$1 each
Onions

$2 bunch
Parsley
Cilantro
Carrots
Beet greens
Russian & Curly Kale Sale!

$3 bunch
Turnips
Beets
Garlic bulb braid

$5 lb.
Organic whole chicken,
freshly processed yesterday, Wednesday

$10 a pint
Organic pork lard

07/09/2025

SUPER FRESH ORGANIC CHICKEN ON SALE TODAY, TUESDAY!

We are processing 50 Cornish Cross free-range hens today, Wednesday, that we raised for nine weeks and that were fed organic forage from our garden, as well as organic feed we made ourselves using Joel Salatin‘s recipe:

50% Corn
25% Soybeans or Peas
15% Oats
2.5% of each of the following:
• Fastrack Probiotics
• Kelp Meal
• Poultry Nutri-Balancer
• Oyster shell

The chickens average about four pounds each, and we sell them at $5 a pound. We offer a discount of $4.50 if you buy 10 or more.

They can be picked up by 2 PM today and possibly delivered if you buy 20 or more. Otherwise, we will freeze them immediately and they will be available at tomorrow’s Cerrillos Station Farmers Market. We are taking preorders.

If interested please text 646.320.6553.