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Land race chimeras from Acequia Institute Seed Library. Crosses in 2015 included Hopi blue flint, Zuni red flint, and our local white flint Maíz de concho (Zea mays clibanus). Photo by Devon G. Peña. Centers of Origin and Diversification of Maíz in the Río Arriba LINKING SOIL, SEED, AND FOOD IN THE SURVIVAL OF HERITAGE CUISINES Moderator’s Note: This newly revised and edited essay was originally prepared by invitation of the editors, from a tip by Loretta Sandoval, as a contribution to the May 2016 special issue of The Green Fire Times on “Saving New Mexico’s Rare Seeds”. For the on-line version of the essay go to Deep Seeds and First Foods . For the full content of the special issue (Vol 8, No. 5), go to Green Fire Times . I wish to thank Seth Rothman and his colleagues at GFT for convening the authors of the special issue and the opportunity to educate food justice and slow food advocates in New Mexico about the acequia farmers of Colorado’s San Luis Valley a...