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Sherry Hooper, Executive Director of The Food Depot, discusses the biggest challenges of food insecurity across northern New Mexico, how organizations are addressing them, and The Food Depot’s recent win of a 2022 Piñon Award.

The Santa Fe Community Foundation is pleased to announce the winners of its 36th Annual Piñon Awards.

Located in Dixon, New Mexico, the Embudo Valley Library and Community Center provides the only free internet and public computer access within a 20 mile radius. In the past year, this community hub has had over 7,500 visitors.

Following the Hermit's Peak/Calf Canyon fire, northern New Mexico farmers and ranchers are grappling to feed their livestock. Mora Creative Council, with the help of emergency wildfire relief grants from the Santa Fe Community Foundation Community Resiliency Fund and the All Together NM Fund, set out to assist in the equitable distribution of hay and feed.

The Hermit’s Peak/Calf Canyon fire redefined our landscape and our focus as we considered our displaced population and the multitude of challenges ahead. The Science Conservation Center at Highlands University quickly pivoted and used SFCF funds to support “Querencia in Action” workshops designed to build community capacity in post-fire land restoration.

"When there are opportunities to help others in our community we can all come together and do our part. The catastrophic fires affect all of us, but some have lost everything. It is the least we can do to show solidarity and raise some funds."