Jedrek Lamb

Farmer, Bosque Farms

Jedrek Lamb currently operates a small family farm in Bosque Farms and is an elementary school teacher. He was a market manager, market vendor, and co-director of a food hub for a farmer-owned cooperative. Jedrek is very appreciative of the work of the NMFMA and full of gratitude for all people that support the local food system

Cindy Talamantes

Manager, Los Alamos Farmers’ Market, El Rito

I have served on the NMFMA board of directors for three terms and have managed the Los Alamos Farmers’ Market for the past nine years. I also helped start the Pojoaque Farmers’ Market and managed that market for five years. I’ve been involved in farming for 20 years.

Todd Taylor

Ranchline All Natural and Ranchline Agribusiness

Todd and the Taylor family are part of a company that represents some of the finest ranching and farming properties in the country. Todd also was instrumental in establishing a foothold in the New Mexico farmers' market arena by providing all natural lamb and beef directly to New Mexicans. He has been instrumental in developing a new lamb jerky product called “Ch'arki”, which is a an all natural, gluten-free and paleo-certified product.

Linda & Mario Rosales

Rosales Farms

Mario and Linda farm in Lemitar, New Mexico and grow 60 to 75 acres of chile, vegetables, and melons. They started out selling at the farmers' market, and then at their own farm stands. They also sell their produce to Magdalena schools and senior center in Socorro.

Ralph Vigil

Molino de la Isla Organics LLC

As an 8th generation acequia farmer from East Pecos and Chair of the New Mexico Acequia Commission, Ralph Vigil's passion lies in the defense of acequia traditions and culture. Ralph is also the owner of Molino de la Isla Organics LLC, a small certified organic farm specializing in traditional and acequia agriculture focusing on Farm to School, CSA, and Farmers' Market sales. It is his primary goal to defend land and water through organic agriculture by utilizing our centuries-old acequia systems to demonstrate their ability to economically sustain our communities and aid in physical and emotional well-being.

Bryce Townsend

Farmer, Pueblo of San Felipe

Bryce is a farmer from the Pueblo of San Felipe, growing a variety of organic produce that he sells at the Albuquerque Downtown Growers' Market, and the San Felipe Pueblo Farmers' Market in order to provide his community with local access to fresh produce. He also serves on an advisory board for an infrastructure grant program being offered by a collaboration between the NMFMA and New Mexico Acequia Association, on a review committee for applications to the master's program for Community and Regional Planning, School of Architecture and Planning at the University of New Mexico, and oversees a grant program for the San Felipe Pueblo that includes the implementation of a young farmer mentorship program.

Contessa Archuleta

Financial Advisor, The Rikoon Group

Contessa Archuleta is a financial advisor with The Rikoon Group, where she manages the day-to-day operations and leads the team's marketing, communication, and community outreach initiatives. She specializes in establishing lasting intergenerational relationships with various financial objectives and finds it extremely rewarding to work with people as they navigate life's stages and collaborates with them to help achieve their retirement and financial goals. Born and raised in Santa Fe, she is inspired by her community and takes pride in sharing her knowledge of investment fundamentals and opportunities, both in professional seminars and one-on-one. She has a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Communications, a Master of Business Administration in Marketing from the University of New Mexico, and holds a FINRA Series 65. She lives in Santa Fe with her husband and two children. In her free time, she enjoys spending time with her family, traveling, cooking, eating, and being outdoors.

Carrie Theilen

Manager, Presbyterian Healthcare Services

Carrie Thielen, MPH RD, oversees community health programs as the manager of regional community health for Presbyterian Healthcare Services in northern New Mexico. As a public health dietitian, Carrie utilizes her clinical nutrition and public health background to develop and implement programs to increase access to affordable, healthy food, including the Del Sur Farmers' Market hosted at Santa Fe Medical Center, produce prescription programs for different audiences, and support for institutional procurement of local food. Carrie also has extensive experience working with federal, state and local nutrition assistance programs (e.g. WIC, National School Lunch Program) and was the project director for a multi-year Blueprint to End Hunger grant for the Colorado Department of Education School Nutrition Unit. She is excited to be a NMFMA board member to strengthen connections between local food systems and the health, well-being and resilience of communities across New Mexico.

Joshua Cunningham

Marketing & IT Director, Cid's Food Market

As the Marketing Director of Cid's Food Market in Taos for the past seven years, Joshua ``Josh`` has been intimately connected with the growers, makers, and doers within the northern New Mexico and southern Colorado agricultural communities. He believes that the strength of a community is reflected in the strength of its local business, and that ultimately is what drives him in all he does with Cid's and the NMFMA.

Joe Phy

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Denise Miller

Denise has been with the NMFMA since 2005. A Chicago native, she spent every vacation of her youth at her grandfather's farm in Harvard, Illinois, falling in love with nature, fresh farm food, and quiet country roads. After many years in promotional and brand marketing for companies of all sizes as well as non-profits, Denise took a brief detour into education and taught part-time at several Santa Fe middle and high schools. She then hightailed it back to marketing something close to her heart - fresh, locally grown food. Cooking for three hungry teenagers at home keeps her culinary skills sharp, and proves real-world inspiration her her long-running Albuquerque Journal column. She enjoys every aspect of supporting New Mexico's sustainability-minded farmers, ranchers, and food producers, and is grateful for the knowledge and spirit these individuals regularly share with her.

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Charise Gonzales

Charise is a native New Mexican, who currently resides in Santa Fe, NM, and is an advocate for healthy eating and locally grown food. She worked for NMFMA for three years as an auditor before her current position, where she oversees financial operations and manages human resources for the NMFMA. In her free time, she enjoys hiking, camping and instructs a cardio kickboxing class. She has a passion for the outdoors and nature. She graduated from Texas Tech University with a bachelors' in accounting and looks forward to being a part of the NMMFA community.

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Amy Lucker

Amy is an avid lover of the outdoors, fresh food, music, and adventure. She moved to New Mexico five years ago and has fallen in love with the high desert. While Amy is new to the NMFMA as of January 2024, she is happy to apply her past work experiences to serve the community in such a meaningful and direct way. She lives in Santa Fe with her husband, two teens, and two very lively pups. You can usually find her working at the NMFMA local office, enjoying time with her family, hiking/biking, or cooking up some delicious food at home.

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Catherine Baca

Catherine is a Santa Fe native with deep roots in the community, serving on several boards in the area. Over the past twenty years she has explored many roles in the non-profit circuit focusing on land health, conservation and local food systems. She manages the NMFMA membership database and helps to coordinate the annual conference. She lives in the historic traditional Village of Agua Fría in Santa Fe County, where she experiences the cultures and traditions she grew up with.

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Scott Knauer

Scott was raised in eastern New Mexico, where he spent his professional life learning and practicing graphic design, advertising, and technology. He holds two degrees in graphic design and advertising and has spent most of his career in the higher education sector via his prior experience at Clovis Community College. He currently volunteers on the Clovis Community College Foundation board, focusing on fundraising and scholarships for area students. When Scott is not clicking away behind a keyboard for the NMFMA, you can find him practicing many hobbies, including trail and distance running, strengthening his green thumb in his backyard garden, or cooking up new recipes in the kitchen as an aspiring pro home chef.

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Mark Chamberlain

Mark’s interest in creative pursuits started at an early age when his mom proudly taped one of his finger paintings onto the family fridge, and he’s been chasing that buzz ever since. He kickstarted his creative career in the Albuquerque design community but left in the early 2000s to pursue advertising & marketing career opportunities at larger agencies nationwide. While the national exposure was often exciting and rewarding, Mark was always a New Mexico boy at heart and dearly missed having the High Desert as a backyard. Recently his love for the Southwest brought him back home to the Burque, where he once again savors being close to the great outdoors, his family, old friends, and the finest food on the planet.

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Andrea Warner

After moving to New Mexico in 2002, Andrea Warner discovered her devotion to growing food in the High Desert. She loves gardening with school children and community members in the interest of supporting a thriving local food system. Andrea served as the market manager from the Silver City Farmers' Market from 2018-2022, working to create a marketplace for local entrepreneurs, artists, ranchers, farmers, and food producers. She lives in Silver City NM, where she and her husband run a successful woodcraft business and are raising two teenage children.

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Jena Marquez-Donovan

A Northern New Mexico girl at heart, Jena spent her summers growing up in San Miguel County. Jena attended the Academy of Art University in San Francisco with a focus on textile design and fashion Marketing. Working in restaurants while attending college is where her love for all things food blossomed. She dove into the culinary scene in San Francisco and worked almost every job imaginable in a restaurant. She sold tacos at the Ferry Building farmers market, washed dishes at a cigar bar in Northbeach, and curated a wine program in the Mission. Living in San Francisco, she naturally transitioned to the start-up world, where she curated national events focused on her favorite thing…food. Jena returned to New Mexico in April of 2021, living with her husband, Rob, and daughter, Jupiter. She loves riding bikes, traveling with family, and finding the best street food (especially dumplings and tacos).

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Erica Villegas

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