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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 funds supported the Community Farmers Market, Inc. in Atlanta, GA, increasing market sales at the F...

(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 carbon in response to global warming, or you just want to get outside and enjoy the southwestern New Mex...

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 direction,” said Senator Diamond. “The Rural Equity Ombud will help us identify the needs of the unders...

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 139 seeks to create the new position – a rural equity ombudsman, whose job would be to address the...