Juan Estevan Arellano

About The Author

Juan Estevan Arellano, a native of Embudo, New Mexico, is a poet, artist, writer, and agronomist. He is an expert in traditional Spanish/Moorish agriculture and the sustaining of traditional crops originally brought to New Mexico from Europe and Central Mexico.

Books by Juan Estevan Arellano

Enduring Acequias

Wisdom of the Land, Knowledge of the Water

By Juan Estevan Arellano
For generations the Río Embudo watershed in northern New Mexico has been the home of Juan Estevan Arellano and his ancestors. From this unique perspective Arellano explores the ways people use water in dry places around the world. Touching on the Middle East, Europe, Mexico, and South America bef...
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Juan the Bear and the Water of Life

La Acequia de Juan del Oso

By Enrique R. Lamadrid and Juan Estevan Arellano
Illustrated by Amy Córdova
La Acequia del Rito y la Sierra in the Mora Valley is the highest and most famous traditional irrigation system in New Mexico. It carries water up and over a mountain ridge and across a sub-continental divide, from the tributaries of the Río Grande to the immense watershed of the Mora, Canadian, ...
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