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REDUCING HUNGER IN NEW MEXICO ONE GARDEN AT A TIME

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RESOURCES, INFORMATION & STUDIES

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Harvest Results 2010 – 2019

Harvest totals and year end reports reflecting productivity over the last decade.

How To Donate

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Produce

Donating your extra vegetables to a food pantry in your community makes a big difference to the families that rely on the pantries for assistance.

RESOURCES | FOOD INSECURITY

Food Insecurity Data Show the Need for More Robust Anti-Hunger Efforts, Not Ill-Considered Policies That Increase Hunger

Demand surges in New Mexico as virus fuels food insecurity

Health Consequences Associated with Food Insecurity Among Elderly

‘The Hunger Games’ Are Here. And They Are Very, Very Real.

Labor Pains on the Farm

We’re the Face of Food Stamps

No Holiday for Hunger

New Mexico has highest rates of childhood hunger

Map the Meal Gap, Food Insecurity in your County

Report: 1 in 5 U.S. Children at Risk of Hunger

United States of Hunger

One in Four California Families Can’t Afford Food for Their Kids

The New Hungry: College-educated, middle-class cope with food insecurity

RESOURCES | GARDENING ARTICLES

Make an Easy, Inexpensive Mini-Greenhouse With Low Tunnels

The Story of the Millennium Seed Bank Project

How Industrial Farming ‘Destroyed’ The Tasty Tomato

Carrots Love Tomatoes | Companion Planting for a Healthy Garden

Small Farmers Creating a New Business Model as Agriculture Goes Local

Flavor Is Price of Scarlet Hue of Tomatoes, Study Finds

Plants ‘Remember’ Drought, Change Responses to Survive

Mystery Malady Kills More Bees, Heightening Worry on Farms

The Land that Keeps Giving | Living Off the Land in Maine…Even in Winter

RESOURCES | STUDIES

Cornell University Plastic Mulch and Row Cover Study

NMSU | Vegetable Variety Recommendations for New Mexico Gardens

NMSU | Dr. Walser: Curly Top Virus

Seed Starting

Effect of Red Plastic Mulch on Early Tomato Production

Home Vegetable Growing in New Mexico

Vegetable Companion Planting Chart

Using Plastic Mulches and Drip Irrigation for Vegetable Production

Growing Tomatoes in the Home Garden

Hunger in New Mexico 2010

NMSU | Growing Zones, Plant Varieties, Planting and Harvesting Info

Food Insecurity Among Children in the United States

SEED2NEED IN THE NEWS

Local farm seeks volunteers to harvest produce for hungry families

Seed2Need produce tips the scale at 30,000 pounds this season — so far

Seed2Need Grows Food for the Hungry

Gardeners Team Up to Grow 60,000 Pounds of Produce for New Mexico Food Pantries

Why We Love What This Program Does to Help Local Gardens

Growing Seeds, Meeting Needs

TOMATO CAGES

Build Your Own

PDF download of instructions for tomato cage design.

START A FOOD PANTRY GARDEN

Food Pantry Garden

Step by step instructions to start a community garden.

Cultivating with Covid-19

Keeping up with the gardens and orchards is always challenging. However, this year, we have an unprecedented challenge out of the gate in the form of a contagious virus. On a positive note, covid-19 hasn't deterred the project, though it has complicated the season so far. The complications associated with covid will likely continue. [...]