02/17/2026
We are moving into the final days of the New Mexico Legislative session with exciting news! HB2, the Budget Bill (https://farmtotablenm.ourpowerbase.net/civicrm/mailing/url?u=3593&qid=357421) passed in the Senate Next the House must concur. Then it will pass to the Governor.
This includes:
1. Double Up Food Bucks Expansion $1 million in the NM Department of Agriculture (NMDA)
2. New Mexico Grown and raised food for senior meal programs, $1.5 million in the Aging and Long-Term Services Department (ALTSD) “Kiki Saavedra Dignity Fund”.
3. Regional Farm to Food Banks Program, $2 million to the NM Department of Agriculture (NMDA)
4. Approved Supplier Program, $430,000 to the NM Department of Agriculture (NMDA)
5. Healthy Food Financing Program, $2 million annually for three years (totaling $6,000,000 in SB177) to the Economic Development Department (EDD)
6. WIC and Senior Farmers Market Nutrition Programs, $1 million to the Department of Health (DOH)
7. Student nutrition, $42,201,000 to the Public Education Department's Student Success and Wellness Bureau (PED)
8. Farmers and ranchers soil and water conservation training program, $1 million to the NM Department of Agriculture (NMDA)
9. Farmers and ranchers water efficiency grant program, $10 million to the NM State University Water Resilience Research Institute (WRRI)
10. Land of Enchantment Legacy Fund,
$4,345,000 to the NMDA, water protection program of the environment department $1,936,100, and conservation services program of the department of wildlife $4,348,340.
We'll report on more as the budget and other priority legislation progress in the next few days.
Please reach out to your legislator and thank them for their support Find My Legislator. (https://farmtotablenm.ourpowerbase.net/civicrm/mailing/url?u=3594&qid=357421)
Many thanks to you all for the incredible collaboration and care!
