New Mexico lawmakers advance $2 million for federally defunded farm-to-food bank program

In addition to legislation that would restore a federal farm-to-foodbank program, lawmakers also advanced a bill to hike ...

New Mexico food banks seek state funding for farm-to-food program

The federal program contributed over $4.6 million to the state's agricultural economy ...
Albuquerque Journal

New Mexico's agriculture sector uses more than 80% of its fresh water. An activist group is calling for limitations on industry growth.

A Washington, D.C.,-based activist group is calling for New Mexico to limit the expansion of the pecan, dairy and alfalfa farming industries to conserve water for residential use. The report from Food ...
Waste Dive

New Mexico finalizes rules for clean fuel program, boosting biogas potential

Regulators approved the structure of New Mexico's Clean Transportation Fuel Program on Thursday. It will be the fourth state ...

Water-stressed, compact-bound: New Mexico farmers face grim Rio Grande future

When Gilbert Mesa and his sisters inherited the farm they grew up on in 2016, water was a top of concern. In the Mesilla Valley, where their parents’ 70-acre farm is located, drought is pervasive.
KRQE Blogs

New Mexico ranchers voice concerns on Trump’s plan to import beef from Argentina

NEW MEXICO (KRQE) – President Donald Trump has announced plans to import beef from Argentina in order to bring down the price of meat at the grocery store, but ranchers in New Mexico are worried the ...