resilience

COVER PHOTO by Sarah Wentzel-Fisher

About the cover: Billy Joe Miller builds living art installations using food waste at Polk’s Folly Farm in Crest, NM. (You can find an essay by Polk’s Folly Farmer, Zach Withers, on page 12 of this issue.) Billy Joe is a self-taught interdisciplinary artist who creates sculptures, installations, and public art in response to the natural world. Last year he worked with friends, other artists, and Polk’s Folly Farm to explore human connections to food waste and reclamation. Originally from San Diego, California, Miller now lives in the East Mountains of Albuquerque, New Mexico. In addition to his studio practice, Miller creates collaborative communitybased projects and produces public art. To learn more about this artist and his work visit www billyjoemiller.com

2 EDITOR’S NOTE by Megan O’Connell

4 CONTRIBUTORS

6 TAKING STOCK: SOCIAL SUSTAINABILITY AND THE U.S. BEEF INDUSTRY Research by Hannah Gosnell

12 WEAVING WATER Essay by Zach Withers

18 AGUA SANTA by Leeanna Torres

22 SALMONSCAPE: A HEALING PRAYER by Dr. Rene Henery

24 THIRTY-NINE WAYS OF LOOKING THROUGH THE HOLES IN A PAISLEY SCARF by Carly Fraysier

28 REFLECTION

An Essay by C. Marie Fuhrman

33 LOVE GROWS HERE by Venetucci Farm and Sam Hinkle

37 LIVING WISDOM by Sunny Dooley

38 UNTITLED

Illustration by Chelsea Begoody

41 NMCEWL FELLOWSHIP FOR CONVENING COMMUNITY COLLABORATIONS

Interviews by Joanna Colangelo & Sam Hinkle

48 WEAVING HOPE

Illustration series by Erin Elder