It has cross-partisan support from a wide range of people, including farmers and ranchers, food banks, researchers and academics, faith leaders, educators, dietitians and health experts, agricultural and food-related businesses, and much more.
It brings together state agencies and non-governmental organizations together to foster public and private partnerships to find durable solutions for problems in the food system.
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Send an email in support to the committee to taylor.moya@nmlegis.gov
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This ambitious bill would create the Food, Hunger, and Farm Council that would work with multiple state departments, institutions, non-profits, and individuals to develop a statewide strategic plan to assess the effects of hunger, malnutrition, and food and water insecurity in New Mexico.
It would develop plans to increase access to food; improve food processing, distribution, and storage; improve the quality of and access to state and federal food assistance programs; address malnutrition among children, seniors, and low-income communities; promote traditional agricultural practices; increase the purchase of local agricultural products; enhance job creation from agricultural production and food distribution; provide emergency relief for food and water; provide food relief on an ongoing basis to address long-term systemic hunger and food insecurity; and increase food and income security by maximizing eligibility and enrollment in state and federal programs.
Creates a non-reverting Food, Hunger & Farm Fund in the state treasury with a General Fund appropriation of $750,000 annually beginning in fiscal year 2022.
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