He’s been harvesting piñon nuts for over 30 years in New Mexico, Arizona, and Colorado, selling them in and out of state. He said there hasn’t been a decent harvest in two years.

The economic impact — and cultural importance — of picking, buying, and selling sweet piñon nuts for members of the Navajo Nation and Indigenous Americans in the Southwest ...

He says he took trips to northern New Mexico trading posts with his dad for pinon when he was a kid. “At that time I don’t remember paying more than maybe two or three bucks a pound,” he ...

New Mexico Piñon Coffee began in 1994 by roasting and selling its coffee out of the back of a red pickup truck. It's all about entrepreneurial drive and moxie -- not unlike fellow now-giant Van ...

Cycles of nut production — whether a crop will prove bountiful or sparse — are tied to rainfall. In 1949, the New Mexico Legislature officially adopted the piñon pine as the state tree.

In New Mexico, gathering piñon nuts is a holiday tradition. ... “My mother taught me how to make pine nut cookies with salt on top,” Sandoval says. “We had pine cakes, candies, ...

Its harvest from forested areas is unpredictable, and no one keeps formal tabs on the crop’s quantity and quality, but given a respite from an extended drought, 2015 and 2016 ...

In Northern New Mexico, a piñon-nut culture is vanishing A warming climate hits piñon pines — and the community that harvests them. by Leo Romero August 23, 2016 January 24, 2024 ...

ESPANOLA — New Mexico’s iconic piñon trees (P. edulis), sometimes called the Two Needle Piñon, is engrained into the culture and lives of the people of our state. It has been important to ...

The pinon is known for its nuts and its distinctive smell when used as firewood. Skip to content. NOWCAST KOAT Action 7 News at 11am. ... Changing climate threatens New Mexico's pinon trees.