Tweets on Hunger in New Mexico

There has been a lot of activity in Santa Fe related to hunger-related issues during the legislative session. Here are some tweets from members of the executive and legislative branch that deal directly or indirectly with this activity. The first set of tweets address child hunger, which has become a priority during Gov. Michelle Lujan's administration.

The second set of tweets were posted about  Food and Farms Day on Feb. 6, which celebrated people and organizations that have made a difference in promoting agriculture and addressing food insecurity. The banner of the Interfaith Hunger Coalition is prominent in the tweets posted by Agriculture Secretary Jeff Witte and Public Education Secretary Ryan Stewart.  I also posted a link to the comments by Rep. Joanne Ferrary and Rep. Rebecca Dow on the launch of the Legislative Hunger Caucus.

#FRAC’s just released 2019 #SchoolBreakfast Scorecard shows NM is 3rd in the nation for meeting low-income kids’ breakfast needs, thanks to a robust #BreakfastAftertheBell Program that has been strengthened under @GovMLG’s leadership. https://t.co/a6Ar4o7UlC #endNMhunger #nmpol

— Patty Keane (@PKeaneRD) February 13, 2020

Eliminating hunger in our schools is essential to closing the opportunity gap for our students. HB 10, sponsored by Rep. @WillieMadrid3 and Rep. @MelanieforNM, makes school meals accessible to more students, so that our kids are able to focus on learning. 👍 pic.twitter.com/iZdkgsVYMV

— New Mexico PED (@NMPED) February 5, 2020

Officially on to late night debates! Thought I’d take a moment to share one of the great joys of the last couple of weeks—working with Rep. Madrid and the Gov’s office on HB10 to address childhood hunger by extending school lunch programs to over 12,500 kids across the state. pic.twitter.com/sYFX5l2CX5

— Melanie Stansbury (@MelanieforNM) February 13, 2020

New Mexico Secretary of Agriculture Jeff Witte presented this year’s Farmers’ Market of the Year Award to the Tucumcari Farmers’ Market at the eighth annual New Mexico Food & Farms Day and School Nutrition Awards Ceremony at the State Capitol Building. pic.twitter.com/KTspzjC3Px

— NM Department of Ag (@NMDeptAg) February 6, 2020

Congratulations to our school nutrition programs and our farm to school programs for your incredible work! #EndChildhoodHunger @nmped #GadsdenISD #ZuniPublicSchools pic.twitter.com/K6bkCtMH1x

— Ryan Stewart (@rstew42) February 6, 2020

BreadNM Blog: Launching the Legislative #Hunger Caucus in #NewMexico #NMStateLegislature https://t.co/JjeScfyAIJ

— Carlos Navarro (@CNinABQ) February 7, 2020