New Mexico

Flower Hill Institute

Flower Hill Institute is a Native-owned, community-directed nonprofit. Our objectives include preserving and enhancing cultural resources, preparing youth to inherit leadership, improving economic self-sufficiency, agriculture, food sovereignty and security, and improving outcomes to climate change.

Flower Hill also works nationally, doing outreach and providing technical assistance on the USDA Meat and Poultry Processing Technical Assistance program and the USDA Farm Service Agency Outreach, Education, & Technical Assistance program.

We specialize in:

  • Meat and Poultry Processing Capacity Technical Assistance
  • Research, Technical Assistance, & Education
  • Resources for Farmworkers / Migrant Workers

We can also help you with:

  • Resources for BIPOC Farmers
  • Resources for Hispanic/Latino Farmers/Farmworkers
  • Resources for Tribal Farmers & Ranchers

We work in these areas:

  • National
  • New Mexico

Southwest Center for Agricultural Health Injury Prevention and Education

The SW Ag Center, located at The University of Texas at Tyler Health Science Center, serves Arkansas, Louisiana, New Mexico, Oklahoma and Texas as part of a program initiative of the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH). The initiative established a network of centers, funded on a competitive basis, to conduct programs of research, prevention, intervention, education and outreach designed to reduce occupational injuries and diseases among agricultural workers and their families.

We specialize in:

  • Research, Technical Assistance, & Education

We can also help you with:

  • Farm Stress

We work in these areas:

  • Arkansas
  • Louisiana
  • New Mexico
  • Oklahoma
  • Texas

MET – National FarmWorker Jobs Program

The National Farmworker Jobs Program (NFJP) is a nationally-directed, locally-administered program of services for migrant and seasonal farmworkers (MSFWs) and includes 53 Career Services and Training grants and 9 Housing grants across the United States and Puerto Rico. See Career Services and Training Grants and Housing Grants for more information.

We specialize in:

  • Resources for Farmworkers / Migrant Workers

We can also help you with:

We work in these areas:

  • Louisiana
  • Minnesota
  • New Mexico
  • North Dakota
  • Texas
  • Wyoming

Mad Agriculture

Our work begins with farm planning. We dream big about what the land wants to be and how to implement regenerative principles and practices. Putting ideals into action is hard to do. We use a combination of community support, capital and markets to activate regenerative agriculture on the land. Our work learns from and contributes to an emerging and diverse community of funders, practitioners and purchasers. We focus on the Midwest and High Plains of the United States. Exceptions can and will be made.

We specialize in:

  • Funding Opportunities for Farmers
  • Organic/Sustainable/Regenerative Transition & Support
  • Research, Technical Assistance, & Education

We can also help you with:

  • Direct Marketing Assistance
  • Financial & Business Planning
  • Institutional & Wholesale Markets

We work in these areas:

  • Arkansas
  • Colorado
  • Illinois
  • Indiana
  • Iowa
  • Kansas
  • Michigan
  • Minnesota
  • Mississippi
  • Montana
  • Nebraska
  • New Mexico
  • North Dakota
  • Ohio
  • Oklahoma
  • South Dakota
  • Texas
  • Utah
  • Wisconsin
  • Wyoming

AgWell

We uplift the lives of America’s producers by wiping out the stigma and shame of asking for help. We connect rural farmers and ranchers to stress management resources including, but not limited to, suicide prevention, substance abuse, general mental health resources, financial resources, and more. Most importantly, we connect agricultural workers to members of their own community who understand the challenges that the agriculture industry faces, and who have been trained to help struggling farmers, ranchers, and other industry workers find help.

We specialize in:

  • Farm Stress

We can also help you with:

We work in these areas:

  • Colorado
  • New Mexico
  • Wyoming

Agri-cultura Network

As a cooperative with five South Valley member farms and many allied farms statewide, our wholesale business program aggregates, processes, delivers, collects customer payment, and distributes farm payment. In addition, we support development of farm capacity while providing nutrition education and food access through a CSA and community events.

We specialize in:

  • Institutional & Wholesale Markets
  • Research, Technical Assistance, & Education
  • Resources for Beginning Farmers

We can also help you with:

  • Financial & Business Planning

We work in these areas:

  • New Mexico

New Mexico State University Extension

Providing the people, farmers and ranchers of New Mexico with practical, research-based knowledge and programs to improve their quality of life.

We specialize in:

  • Organic/Sustainable/Regenerative Transition & Support
  • Research, Technical Assistance, & Education
  • Resources for Beginning Farmers
  • Resources for Farmworkers / Migrant Workers
  • Resources for Tribal Farmers & Ranchers

We can also help you with:

  • Resources for BIPOC Farmers
  • Resources for Women Farmers

We work in these areas:

  • New Mexico

National Center for Frontier Communities

We empower small, remote areas for equal advantage to larger communities. We support people and programs by raising awareness, leading discourse on issues, sharing resources and information, and actively engaging with policymakers, agencies and the public.

The National Center for Frontier Communities is engaged in a number of programs on the national, state and local levels: Advocacy, Frontier Food Systems, Southwest NM Food Hub, Prevent Substance Abuse, Non-Profit Resources, and more.

 

We specialize in:

  • Farm Stress
  • Resources for BIPOC Farmers

We can also help you with:

  • Activism & Organizing
  • Institutional & Wholesale Markets
  • Resources for Tribal Farmers & Ranchers

We work in these areas:

  • National
  • New Mexico

La Platzita Institute

We are a 501(c)(3) community organization with initiatives to engage vulnerable youth and families to improve the following focus areas:

  • Cultural Restorative Justice
  • Agriculture, Conservation, Community Revitalization, Economic Self-Sustainability 
  • Community Learning, Non-Traditional Leadership, Social Enterprise
  • Traditional and Spiritual Healing
  • Racial Equity, Health and Family Wellness
  • Community Engagement and Collective Impact

We specialize in:

  • Resources for BIPOC Farmers
  • Resources for Farmworkers / Migrant Workers

We can also help you with:

We work in these areas:

  • New Mexico

Farm to Table – New Mexico

Farm to Table enhances marketing opportunities for farmers; encourages family farming, farmers’ markets and the preservation of agricultural traditions; informs public policy; and, furthers understanding of the links between farming, food, health and local economies.

Guided by our core value, Farm to Table focuses on community capacity building strategies that empower individuals, families, enterprises, and groups to effectively address place-based solutions through policy development, advocacy, and social enterprise facilitation that support access to affordable, nutritious and culturally relevant foods while creating livelihood opportunities for families.

We specialize in:

  • Institutional & Wholesale Markets

We can also help you with:

  • Direct Marketing Assistance

We work in these areas:

  • New Mexico