This year, YFTM will join a valley-wide project to plant lavender along the north side of the acequia. We will Over time, we hope to replace invasive plants with lavender at multiple locations.
Lavender is a perfect cash crop for the El Valle region. A drought tolerant perennial, each lavender plant lives for 15-20 years and offers many opportunities for creating beautiful value-added products.
In the future, lavender will be one of the sustainable crops grown by the YFTM program. In 2017 we plan to bring have one-year old potted lavender starts to bring to market together with other produce items.