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The executive director of Northern New Mexico鈥檚 food bank, The Food Depot, says the recent U.S. Department of Agriculture鈥檚 elimination of a program that connected food banks to local food producers is 鈥渄evastating.鈥�

49 million people across the country rely on food assistance or about 1 in 6 folks and local food banks are reporting increased demand. As inflation and the return to pre-pandemic levels of federal SNAP benefits mean people cannot make ends meet. The University of New Mexico is also working to ensure its students have access to food during this holiday season.

The coronavirus pandemic has upended normal food distribution networks, especially for meat. It has also left ranchers struggling, unable to get their鈥�

Faith-based organizations across the county are providing various community services amid the coronavirus pandemic. Here in New Mexico, the Quaker鈥�

Hundreds of thousands of New Mexicans don鈥檛 have enough food to eat. A lot of those people also have expensive medical conditions that can make buying鈥�