Santa Fe Farmers Market looks to bring fresh food to more New Mexicans
May 26—The Santa Fe Farmers Market and the Santa Fe Farmers Market Institute are doubling down on outreach efforts with a goal to get more locally grown food to New Mexico's senior centers and Indigenous communities and to issue more microloans to farmers.
is more than just produce stands set up Saturday mornings and Tuesday afternoons.
The market and its partner/landlord Santa Fe Farmers Market Institute actively seek to get farm food to as many people as possible across the 15 counties across Northern New Mexico.
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