The Institute for Applied Ecology’s Southwest Seed Partnership is launching a collaborative Native Crop Toolkit in 2026 at 16 small farms along the Rio Grande River. The Native Crop Toolkit aims to increase dryland farming resiliency by utilizing on-farm conservation practices in the Rio Grande River Watershed in central New Mexico. The Toolkit incorporates conservation strategies (habitat restoration, native seeds, pollinator resources) into traditional agricultural practices (production fields, cover crops, hedgerows), resulting in four Native Crop Tools: native seed production fields, native cover crops, pollinator hedgerows, and on-farm habitat restoration. Farmers can customize Tools and species that best suit their land, needs, capacity, and expertise, while benefitting from fewer resource inputs and a farmer-to-farmer (F2F) hub. The F2F Hub is a venue to connect farmers with the Toolkit and each other. For more information go to: https://appliedeco.org/rio-grande-farmers-test-a-native-crop-toolkit/