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For this month’s Soil and Water column, we’re turning the spotlight to one of our conservation partners, Amelia Vogel and Jason Schilberg of Rocket Punch Farm in Belen.
Credit Courtesy: USDA New Mexico’s health situation under the pandemic is beginning to improve, but uncertain market conditions for the state’s farmers and ranchers continue. In response to huge gaps in infrastructure being experienced by New Mexico’s smaller-scale and mid-size food producers, the New Mexico Farmers’ Marketing Association (NMFMA) and the New Mexico Acequia Association (NMAA) are overseeing a new grant fund set to distribute more than $200,000 to local farmers and ranchers for agriculture infrastructure projects.
The new infrastructure grant fund is a continuation of the NMFMA’s 2020 COVID-19 Local Food Supply Chain Fund launched to address disruptions to food and agricultural systems caused by the pandemic. During 2020, $442,000 was distributed to 60 producers and 45 collaborative projects.
Thank you for your lead editorial (“Robust local food systems will strengthen N.M.,” Our View, Dec. 13) about the countless economic, nutritional and cultural benefits of a local food system. New Mexico is blessed with many fine farm and food communities. The single most immediate and effective way to help them grow and to benefit from them is to buy food produced by our local farmers. How? Shop regularly at local farmers markets or buy local food through community supported agriculture (CSA) programs or other local food subscription services. The New Mexico Farmers’ Marketing Association is a good source of information about these venues: farmersmarketsnm.org. So is