Rethinking Hunger

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Anita Adalja on What it Means to Be a Farmer and Who Gets to Be One Jul 30, 2021

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Chili Yazzie on the History of Tribal Governance, Following the Laws of Nature, and Restoring Balance in Our World Jun 08, 2021

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As we confront the issue of food insecurity, we need to ask ourselves deeper questions about our relationship to the earth and each other. Join Sophia in conversation with Chili Yazzie, an iconic advocate for indigenous civil and human rights, and longtime leader of the Shiprock community of Northwestern New Mexico and the Navajo Nation in the greater Southwest.

Donne Gonzales and Emily Arasim on Sharing Water, Youth Education, and the Magic of Seeds May 25, 2021

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You can contact Donne at donne@lasacequias.org, and Emily at emily@lasacequias.org

31:30 Tragedy of the Commons essay

Los Sembradores Farmer Training Program

Sembrando Semillas

Acequia Governance

Ben Rasmussen on Flipping the Narrative of the Frontier and Local Food Hubs May 11, 2021

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You can reach out to Ben and NCFC by email.

NCFC Resources

Frontier Food Hub Toolkit

Growers 101 (Southwest Specific)

Food Hub Feasibility Study

Health Impact Assessment of the Food Distribution System in Southwest NM

Denise Miller on Farmer's Markets, Food Access, and Eating Local Mar 23, 2021

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8:45 Get Texts from GoodFoodNM.

16:30 SNAP Double Up Program

21:43 Pandemic EBT

Doubling EBT Dollars in NM

22:50 FreshRx

24:00 Local Food Supply Chain Response Fund

25:35 Wholesome Wave

29:17 Reunity Resources Farm and YouthWorks Collab

34:00 WIC Farmers Market Nutrition Program

38:00 NMFMA Newsletter Signup

41:00 95-97% of food grown in New Mexico is exported

42:40 Building Soil through Farming Practices

46:43 Structural Racism and Food Insecurity

Zowie Banteah-Yuselew and Kelly Noble on the Zuni Food Pantry, Community Care, and Becoming Food Warriors Mar 09, 2021

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To support the Zuni food pantry you can make a check out to "Pueblo of Zuni" and in the memo write "Emergency Mobile Pantry."

Address to:

Pueblo of Zuni

Emergency Mobile Pantry

PO Box 339

Zuni, NM 87327

22:43 Story Map on Rural New Mexico that includes looking at lack of access to transportation as a social determinant of health

Sal Ruiz and Laura Cox on Afterschool Meals, Cooking with Kids, and Food as Love Feb 23, 2021

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7:30 Help NM

8:45 CACFP Brochure

8:50 Moving Arts Española website

26:00 Research on children's taste sensitivity

26:10 Laura uses Cookie and Kate and Minimalist Baker are sources of inspiration!

44:00 Follow the Moving Arts Facebook Page for meal distribution updates.

46:00 New Mexico ranks high among states least connected to broadband. Here are current statistics.

Anita Amstutz on Pollinator Protection Jan 26, 2021

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18:29 wind and water pollination

18:43 AI bees

AI, Big Data, and Bees

19:12 Native Bees in NM Resources

20:40 Native Plant Guide for the High Desert in NM

21:00 Monocropping is the agricultural practice of growing a single crop year after year on the same land, in the absence of rotation through other crops or growing multiple crops on the same land. Maize, soybeans, and wheat are three common crops often grown using monocropping techniques.

21:51 neonicotinoids are a class of insecticides related to nicotine

22:28 NSMU Guide to biological control of pests in your yard

24:00 DIY native bee hotel building guide

25:37 Track the Senate bill on eliminating neonicotinoid SB 103

26:43 Register for the NM Beekeepers Assocation Conference here!

28:15 Glyphosate is the active ingredient in Roundup, a chemical herbicide used widely in agriculture and commonly in lawn care produced originally by agribusiness giant Monsanto--which was acquired by Bayer in 2018

28:35 The Green Amendment in NM

31:15 Quivira coalition

31:50 License plate to protect pollinators in NM

32:28 Burque Bee City USA designation

35:54 A food desert is an area that has limited access to affordable and nutritious food, in contrast with an area with higher access to supermarkets or vegetable shops with fresh foods

Melanie Stansbury on Hunger in New Mexico, Repatriation, and Regionalizing the Food System Jan 11, 2021

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You can contact Melanie at melanie.stansbury@nm.gov

To learn more about school meal programs, and current feeding sites, visit our resources page: https://nmost.org/fighting-hunger-through-ost

For an overview of the Food, Hunger, Agriculture Working Group and how to join, go here: http://nmfirst.org/event-details/covid19#:~:text=Started%20in%20the%20summer%20of,eradicating%20hunger%20in%20New%20Mexico.

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