New Mexico Harvest Supports Local Food Networks - 8:11 am
New Mexico Harvest News:
Do we have a broken food system? Some would argue it has been broken for years.
If COVID taught us anything, it’s how much we rely on necessities like fresh food, medicines, and even toilet paper. Prices for foods like garlic have skyrocketed 30 percent as the majority of garlic consumed in the US is produced in China. Meat producer, Tyson Foods, nearly went bankrupt because their processing plants were temporarily shut down due to the pandemic.
People all around the country panic shopped and emptied shelves everywhere. The system failed.