The University of New Mexico (UNM), with support from the NMFMA, recently concluded a multiyear evaluation of the New Mexico Grown Program, the state’s local food purchasing program. The evaluation found that in fiscal years 2023 through 2025 the program positively impacted New Mexico’s most vulnerable communities as well as…

This March, Women’s History Month, we’re joining in celebrating 2026 as the International Year of the Woman Farmer, declared by the United Nations General Assembly. The state of New Mexico has also joined in the celebration with an official proclamation from Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham.  Female farmers make up roughly…

Anita Adalja has been a farmworker for over 15 years. However, in those 15 years she has also been a social worker, educator, advocate, and community organizer. The culmination of all of these experiences is what led her to found Not Our Farm (NOF), a nonprofit based here in New…

February is National CSA week, hosted by the CSA Innovation Network. February is also Black History Month, and we’re highlighting one of the founders of the CSA model: Booker T. Whatley, author of How to make $100,0000 Farming 25 Acres, published in 1987.  Whatley was a believer in “smaller and…

February is National CSA week, hosted by the CSA Innovation Network. What is community supported agriculture and why is it important? CSAs can also be known as ‘crop sharing.” In a CSA model, customers purchase a “share” of a farm’s harvest at the beginning of the growing season. This upfront…

Now in its 11th year, Double Up Food Bucks has helped Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program participants stretch their food budgets to purchase fresh, locally grown fruits and vegetables. The NMFMA is seeking to expand the program to include locally produced meat, nuts, and eggs. If the NMFMA’s appropriations bill, House…