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Grants help with repair, maintenance of the aging, dilapidated Folsom Museum in Union County

May 28, 2021 | USDA Agricultural Marketing Service recently announced that $76.9 million is available for Farmers Market and Local Food Promotion Programs (FMLFPP). Projects under the Farmers Market Promotion Program support direct-to-consumer markets like farmers markets and CSAs. Projects under the Local Food Promotion Program supports indirect-to-consumer markets like food hubs and value-added product incubators. Applications are due by Here are two examples of past grant recipients: FMPP...

(Photo by Gwyneth Jones for the Daily Press) Chris Jepson and Margaret Hadderman plant seeds from the Southwest New Mexico Seed Library. The mission of the group, which Jepson now leads, is “to nurture a community of growers and seed stewards to grow and exchange seeds to increase the food security of southwest New Mexico and strive for seed sovereignty.” If you like saving a little money on grocery bills, doing your part to preserve home agricultural traditions, helping sequester some carb...

Credit Senator Crystal Diamond   Commentary – This week, Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham signed Senate Bill 193 into law. The bill, sponsored by Senator Crystal Diamond (R-Hidalgo, Luna, Sierra, and Doña Ana) and Senator Siah Correa Hemphill (D-Catron, Grant, and Socorro) creates a “Rural Equity Ombud” charged with addressing issues of concern to rural and frontier communities. “The urban/rural divide in our state must be addressed and this bill is an important step in that directi...

The rural community of Ojo Sarco in northern New Mexico. (Eddie Moore/Albuquerque Journal) Editor’s note: This story has been updated to correct Sen. Siah Correa Hemphill’s political affiliation. She is a Democrat. Copyright © 2021 Albuquerque Journal Tensions between New Mexico’s rural and urban areas is nothing new, but some senators are hoping a new position in state government could help address that issue. ................................................................ Senate Bill ...

Combination of toughness and justice. he protects his woman and keeps the peace. he made a name for himself in the process. >> why at calls himself a businessman. he was always looking for the next good opportunity to make a living in those frontier communities. >> why wyatt earp is considered by many an iconic law man. unlike the way he is portrayed in movies the real wyatt isnt always on the right side of the law. in the early days as a thief to his time as a pimp he will do whatever it takes ...

Combination of toughness and justice. he protects his woman and keeps the peace. he made a name for himself in the process. >> why at calls himself a businessman. he was always looking for the next good opportunity to make a living in those frontier communities. >> why atwyatt earp is considered by many an iconic law man. unlike the way he is portrayed in movies the real wyatt isnt always on the right side of the law. in the early days as a thief to his time as a pimp he will do whatever it take...