Santa Fe Food Security

Like the first breeze of spring, this interview with Juliana Ciano of Reunity Resources is a welcome relief. Santa Fe truly has some great leaders and nutrition programs

02/21/2024 with Juliana Ciano On this episode of Community Matters, we speak with Juliana Ciano, executive director of Reunity Resources, about the importance of food waste diversion, preparing for spring gardening, community support, and more.

“Early introduction of baby food, it’s not for nutrition. It’s for palate development,” said Bentley. However, “The way that baby food manufacturers made baby food was what I call very well acclimated to an industrial palate – so smooth texture, on the bland side, not spicy, not pungent, with a sweet profile.”

The Navajo farmer taking a traditional approach to making baby food Zachariah and Mary Ben were struck by the absence of fresh, local and traditional baby foods available near the Navajo Nation in New Mexico, so they began growing their own crops

Today, the Food Depot released a report for Mayor Allan Webber, calling for an increase in the minimum wage for Santa Fe and Santa Fe County. Their report makes a clear case that the ONLY way to end hunger is for citizens to earn enough to care for themselves and their families.

Read our report to Santa Fe Mayor Alan Webber – The Food Depot Read our report to Santa Fe Mayor Alan Webber Posted byjwest June 21, 2022June 21, 2022 “The Food Depot is going upstream,” -Sherry Hooper, executive director, The Food Depot In 2019, Mayor Webber of the City of Santa Fe approached Sherry Hooper, executive director of The Food Depot with a chall...

Almost two years to the day from when we opened Santa Fe Community College as a World Central Kitchen Covid meal production center (that produce 55K meals), we’ve REOPENED to serve New Mexicans displaced by the fires. 1K meals and lunches going out today to Vegas, Glorietta and likely Peñasco & SF. HUGE thanks to SFCC & Chef Jerry, Chef Jackie & the mighty Santa Fe YouthWorks team, and of course, indefatigable WCK teammates Sam, Sandra and Chef Jose Andres. Viva Community….and the Power of Food. We won’t stop till the fires are out!!!