locally grown food

The executive director of Northern New Mexico’s food bank, The Food Depot, says the recent U.S. Department of Agriculture’s elimination of a program that connected food banks to local food producers is “devastating.”

The fiesta in Albuquerque's South Valley on September 27 and 28 will celebrate the cactus, showcasing ways to prepare the fruit and grow the crop.

There is a growing demand for locally grown food in New Mexico, but farmers here are getting older. The average age is 65. However, there are programs…