A portion of the proceeds will support more than 400 student athletes.
Athletic director Mario Moccia said he’s been looking forward to having an official Aggie coffee for some time.
“With NMSU’s position as the state’s land-grant institution and our history of agriculture, the collaboration makes perfect sense,” he said in a statement.
Nicholas Gonzales, along with business partner Leandra Gamboa, founded Estas Manos in 2018.
The company works to help farmers and farming communities in Latin America through sustainable coffee sourcing and production. Gamboa is from Las Cruces and a graduate of NMSU. She and Gonzales met in law school in San Francisco.
By Susan Montoya Bryan, Associated Press
New Mexico is partnering with a national health care company to provide free, at-home COVID-19 test kits.
State health officials said Tuesday that the kits can be ordered via Vault Medical Services website. All that s needed is an internet connection, email address and a photo.
Recipients can mail the sample back for processing after self-administering the test with a virtual testing supervisor. Results will be returned within 24 to 48 hours of being received by the lab.
State officials acknowledged the lack of broadband access around New Mexico and said the new at-home option is meant to bolster the in-person testing clinics that have been operating since the pandemic began.
New Mexico State University grows brand with official coffee
December 22, 2020 GMT
LAS CRUCES, N.M. (AP) New Mexico State University is growing its brand with a new coffee.
Named after the desert peak that looms over the Las Cruces campus, “A” Mountain Roast adds to the school’s collection of collegiate-licensed products. NMSU already has official beer, wine and whiskey.
The school announced the new coffee and its partnership with California-based Estas Manos Coffee Roasters on Monday, saying the company has New Mexico roots and is currently operating in Las Cruces. The coffee will be available online, at Estas Manos popup locations and at other Las Cruces retailers beginning Tuesday.
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By Susan Montoya Bryan, Associated Press
Officials with some of the major hospitals in New Mexico say they expect to finish giving their employees the COVID-19 vaccine in the next two to three weeks as more doses arrive.
Thousands of front-line health care workers have already received their shot. Like other states, New Mexico learned last week it would be getting about one-third fewer doses of the vaccine produced by Pfizer and BioNTech.
The initial shipments of the second vaccine, by Moderna, will be arriving soon. Those will be funneled to staff and residents at long-term care facilities and nursing homes.