by Leila Salim | Jun 26, 2023 | AFLEP in New Mexico, Economics, Equity, New Mexico, New Mexico News
By Ryan Boetel for Albuquerque Journal | June 25, 2023 Rural NM has some of the worst access to high-speed internet. Here’s what the federal government is doing to address the disconnect. Photo above: Horacio Lizama, left, from Medanales, and Juan...
by Leila Salim | Nov 30, 2022 | AFLEP in New Mexico, New Mexico News
Paula Garcia, executive director of the nonprofit New Mexico Acequia Association (NMAA), is optimistic that determination combined with state and federal resources can make the damaged ditches vital again. But she is haunted by the fear that fire and flood may have...
by Michelle Mosser | Aug 16, 2021 | Local Economies, New Mexico, New Mexico News, News
Aztec, NM in San Juan County. By Kent Kanouse, Flickr (CC BY-NC 2.0) By Daniel J. Chacón, Santa Fe New Mexican | August 13, 2021 A Public Bank of New Mexico can ensure equitable funding for all of New Mexico’s communities and the opportunity to see each...
by Michelle Mosser | Aug 5, 2021 | New Mexico, New Mexico News, News
Roxanne Swentzell gently blows on a red amaranth pod to release seeds in a process known as winnowing at Flowering Tree Permaculture Institute’s San Pedro Homesite while her granddaughter, Cedar Rain, plays a game about meal assembly behind her. (Gabriela...
by Michelle Mosser | Aug 2, 2021 | COVID-19, Local Economies, New Mexico, New Mexico News, News
Grant County, New Mexico. Photo by Jay Hemphill By Noah Greenspan, The Daily Yonder | July 29, 2021 A Public Bank of New Mexico can be a tool that would add more financing support for rural infrastructure and community development As a child growing up...
by Michelle Mosser | Jul 19, 2021 | New Mexico, New Mexico News, News
Hundreds of mutual domestic water associations like North Star, pictured July 16 in Aztec, provide drinking water to rural New Mexicans. Photo by Hannah Grover, NM Political Report. By Hannah Grover, NM Political Report | July 19, 2021 A Public Bank of New...