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.... .... .... .... .... .... .... .... .... .... .... .... .... .... .... .... .... .... Volunteers get food boxes ready to distribute at Expo New Mexico on Dec. 1. (Jim Thompson/Albuquerque Journal) Imagine waiting in line four hours for a couple boxes of food. Sadly, many New Mexicans needn’t imagine it – they’re living it. The need for food “has gone through the roof,” says Ari Herring, executive director of Rio Grande Food Project on Albuquerque’s West Side. “New Mexico is a fragile state when it comes to food security, so this pandemic is hitting us hard. It’s the holiday season now, and a lot of people are really struggling.” The Journal’s “Help for the Holidays” series found the pandemic and its economic fallout have made food insecurity a crisis. According to a U.S. Department of Agriculture report, just three states – Mississippi, Louisiana and West Virginia – had higher rates of food insecurity than New Mexico from 2017 to 2019. That was bef

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