The New Mexico Economic Development Department (EDD) has announced 21 projects centered around food security will be sharing nearly $1 million in funding. Drawn from the Healthy Food Financing Awards set to be distributed in 2024, the projects aim to enhance economic development and bolster food security across rural and underserved communities.

Notable amongst the 21 selected initiatives, several are based in the Albuquerque region. Sweet Mercy Farms in Albuquerque is slated to receive funding to support the establishment of a new farm building, one that will serve as a retail farm store, a meat processing commercial kitchen, and a distribution hub for locally grown products.

Furthermore, funds are allocated to the Indian Pueblo Cultural Center to bolster its Entrepreneur Complex and Three Sisters Kitchen to provide a commercial kitchen. The Indigenous Farm Hub in Corrales is another beneficiary, with the funding set to provide resources for Native and underserved farmers.

The initiatives, aimed at strengthening New Mexico’s food ecosystem, are part of a dynamic food value chain network that is dedicated to food system resilience, as Erin Ortigoza, the Food, Hunger, and Agriculture Program Manager, stated.

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