Anson Stevens-Bollen
Cover, June 28: “Brine Time”
Feeling Salty
Am I reading this right? $650,000...for this but we can’t get a bridge repaired on W Alameda? These city officials should be ashamed of themselves and their totally misguided priorities.
Samia Van Hattum, via Facebook
In(to) a pickle
We are digging all the pickle/brine imagery/punnery!
Barrio Brinery, via Facebook
Food for thought
Think about what New Mexico might look like without food production. What if we didn’t have New Mexico chile, open space or healthy crops? Food nutrition is a crucial part of our everyday life.
All New Mexico agriculture and the consumers who enjoy our state’s products are impacted by the 2023 Farm Bill being discussed by Congress. The renewal provides an opportunity to make decisions about commodities to grow, conservation practices to invest in and requirements to establish nutrition programs such as the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP)—through which 510,595,215 meals were provided to New Mexicans over the past 12 months as of June 15, 2023, according to the New Mexico Human Services Department. The bill also supports the Federal Crop Insurance Program, which offers subsidized policies that protect farmers against losses in yield, crop revenue or whole farm revenue.
The current Farm Bill is valued at approximately $428 billion. Get involved in the discussion, and continue to make New Mexico the special place it is! We don’t want to imagine what New Mexico would look like without the provisions being offered. Go to agriculture.sentate.gov or agriculture.house.gov to submit feedback and input.
Jeff M. Witte, New Mexico Agriculture Secretary
