Interfaith Hunger Coalition (New Mexico)
@ihc-nm.bsky.social
The Interfaith Hunger Coalition collaborates on addressing hunger issues in our communities through networking, education, public policy advocacy and direct service. Our goal is ensure that all New Mexican families have access to healthy and nutritious foo
Great lineup at today's Lutheran Advocacy Ministry-NM Advocacy conference. Sen. Angel Charley, Rep. Sarah Silva, Tripp Jennings (NM in Focus), Emily Wildau (NM Voices for Children) & Jeanette Brahl (United Way of North Central NM)
November 15, 2025 at 10:00 PM
Great lineup at today's Lutheran Advocacy Ministry-NM Advocacy conference. Sen. Angel Charley, Rep. Sarah Silva, Tripp Jennings (NM in Focus), Emily Wildau (NM Voices for Children) & Jeanette Brahl (United Way of North Central NM)
Great afternoon for a Kids Cook! fundraiser
November 8, 2025 at 10:39 PM
Great afternoon for a Kids Cook! fundraiser
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New Mexico allocates $30 million for food aid as federal SNAP benefits are set to be halted - New Mexico Political Report
New Mexico will provide $30 million in emergency food assistance starting Nov. 1 to replace suspended federal nutrition benefits for roughly 460,000 residents, Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham announced We...
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October 30, 2025 at 7:28 PM
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#WorldFoodPrize laureates, along with Chef José Andrés, who leads World Central Kitchen, @wck.org , have issued a joint statement calling for a doubling of investments in #emergencyfoodassistance and #sustainableagriculture. Read more in David Beckmann's blog
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World Food Prize Laureates and José Andrés Urge Doubling of Aid to End Hunger
The World Food Prize laureates, along with Chef José Andrés, who leads World Central Kitchen, have issued a joint statement calling for a doubling of investments in emergency food assistance and susta...
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October 24, 2025 at 5:16 PM
#WorldFoodPrize laureates, along with Chef José Andrés, who leads World Central Kitchen, @wck.org , have issued a joint statement calling for a doubling of investments in #emergencyfoodassistance and #sustainableagriculture. Read more in David Beckmann's blog
tinyurl.com/3v9ab89z
tinyurl.com/3v9ab89z
We commemorate #WorldFoodDay2025 by recognizing our common goal to ensure that everyone is fed. "Working together...governments, organizations, sectors,communities, we can...ensure that everyone has access to a healthy diet, living in harmony with the planet (FAO)." Read more tinyurl.com/4dkjcepe
Commemorating World Food Day 2025
World Food Day 2025 is calling for global collaboration in creating a peaceful, sustainable, prosperous, and food-secure future. By working ...
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October 16, 2025 at 6:06 PM
We commemorate #WorldFoodDay2025 by recognizing our common goal to ensure that everyone is fed. "Working together...governments, organizations, sectors,communities, we can...ensure that everyone has access to a healthy diet, living in harmony with the planet (FAO)." Read more tinyurl.com/4dkjcepe
Farm to Table NM is seeking an experienced, mission-driven leader to serve as its Executive Director. See job posting
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Farm to Table Executive Director Job Position – Farm to Table
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October 15, 2025 at 4:44 PM
Farm to Table NM is seeking an experienced, mission-driven leader to serve as its Executive Director. See job posting
tinyurl.com/4rztfpd3 and job description tinyurl.com/mpw7mvt6
tinyurl.com/4rztfpd3 and job description tinyurl.com/mpw7mvt6
In a special session, New Mexico Legislature approves supplemental funds for food, health needs in wake of federal cuts. Read more in our newsletter #SNAP #hunger #Medicaid
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Special Session: Legislature Approves Emergency Food, Health Funding
Legislature Approves SNAP Assistance During a special session held on Oct 1-2, the New Mexico State Legislature approved about $162 milli...
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October 6, 2025 at 6:43 PM
In a special session, New Mexico Legislature approves supplemental funds for food, health needs in wake of federal cuts. Read more in our newsletter #SNAP #hunger #Medicaid
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Our latest newsletter urges you to contact your state legislators before the Oct. 1 Special session to advocate for #anti-hunger measures. We also post other info. related to the federal budget & a listing of upcoming events.
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tinyurl.com/mryv45wj
Contact Your Legislators Before Next Week's Special Session
A Message for our Legislators Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham has called a special session of the New Mexico State Legislature, beginning on ...
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September 26, 2025 at 9:17 PM
Our latest newsletter urges you to contact your state legislators before the Oct. 1 Special session to advocate for #anti-hunger measures. We also post other info. related to the federal budget & a listing of upcoming events.
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tinyurl.com/mryv45wj
Of the roughly 460,000 New Mexicans who receive #SNAP benefits, more than 36,000 could lose them entirely due to their immigration status or new work requirements, according to Legislative Finance Committee analysts. #nmlegislature #hunger
The line at a local food bank’s weekly distribution in Albuquerque’s International District has increased in the last few years, organizers say, as neighbors in nearby homes join the queue alongside the growing population of unhoused residents.
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With SNAP cuts looming, a growing Albuquerque food line may foreshadow future need • Source New Mexico
“Whenever there's changes to SNAP, we see food lines grow,” said Jason Riggs of the Roadrunner Food Bank.
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September 21, 2025 at 4:32 PM
Of the roughly 460,000 New Mexicans who receive #SNAP benefits, more than 36,000 could lose them entirely due to their immigration status or new work requirements, according to Legislative Finance Committee analysts. #nmlegislature #hunger
Read our latest newsletter featuring information on the impact of the #federalbudget on New Mexico (including a timeline from NM Voices for Children) and a piece on farming at the Grants food pantry. Also, learn more of the Rio Food Project's 10th annual Hike to End Hunger.
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September 15, 2025 at 5:08 PM
Read our latest newsletter featuring information on the impact of the #federalbudget on New Mexico (including a timeline from NM Voices for Children) and a piece on farming at the Grants food pantry. Also, learn more of the Rio Food Project's 10th annual Hike to End Hunger.
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tinyurl.com/nhc9nsk2
Read our latest newsletter featuring an exciting new ag policy brief, a change in the NM Hunger Initiative schedule, support for Kids Cook! & the coming Farm to Cafeteria confernce in ABQ. tinyurl.com/yck6davd
Latest IHC Newsletter: Staying Engaged
Check Out Farm to Table's New Agri-Policy Brief Farm to Table New Mexico has launched a very attractive and useful newsletter on agricult...
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August 20, 2025 at 3:46 PM
Read our latest newsletter featuring an exciting new ag policy brief, a change in the NM Hunger Initiative schedule, support for Kids Cook! & the coming Farm to Cafeteria confernce in ABQ. tinyurl.com/yck6davd
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“States now must do more with less.”
Gina Plata-Nino, JD, SNAP Deputy Director at FRAC, breaks down how the new SNAP penalties hurt already strained systems. thebeaconnews.org/stories/2025...
Gina Plata-Nino, JD, SNAP Deputy Director at FRAC, breaks down how the new SNAP penalties hurt already strained systems. thebeaconnews.org/stories/2025...
Kansas might pay $80 million under SNAP cuts from Big Beautiful Bill
The Big Beautiful Bill added new penalties for states with an error rate above 6%. Kansas sits around 9.98%.
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July 29, 2025 at 5:31 PM
“States now must do more with less.”
Gina Plata-Nino, JD, SNAP Deputy Director at FRAC, breaks down how the new SNAP penalties hurt already strained systems. thebeaconnews.org/stories/2025...
Gina Plata-Nino, JD, SNAP Deputy Director at FRAC, breaks down how the new SNAP penalties hurt already strained systems. thebeaconnews.org/stories/2025...
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Our Jewish faith and traditions are abundantly clear that we have a moral obligation to prevent hunger. American Jews- all of us- must demand that life-saving food be delivered to all those facing dire hunger.
Our full statement on the need for immediate food aid in Gaza: mazon.org/.../jewish-a...
Our full statement on the need for immediate food aid in Gaza: mazon.org/.../jewish-a...
July 29, 2025 at 3:10 PM
Our Jewish faith and traditions are abundantly clear that we have a moral obligation to prevent hunger. American Jews- all of us- must demand that life-saving food be delivered to all those facing dire hunger.
Our full statement on the need for immediate food aid in Gaza: mazon.org/.../jewish-a...
Our full statement on the need for immediate food aid in Gaza: mazon.org/.../jewish-a...
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Remembering beloved teacher Joanna Macy, who was a force of nature and compassion for this greed riddled, self centered human world. She taught us to love every created being as part of our own body #workthatreconnects #lifewins #lovebeauty
Remembering beloved teacher Joanna Macy, who was a force of nature and compassion for this greed riddled, self centered human world. She taught us to love every created being as part of our own body #workthatreconnects #lifewins #lovebeauty
Joanna Macy – In Memoriam - Work That Reconnects Network
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July 20, 2025 at 1:26 PM
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Remembering beloved teacher Joanna Macy, who was a force of nature and compassion for this greed riddled, self centered human world. She taught us to love every created being as part of our own body #workthatreconnects #lifewins #lovebeauty
Remembering beloved teacher Joanna Macy, who was a force of nature and compassion for this greed riddled, self centered human world. She taught us to love every created being as part of our own body #workthatreconnects #lifewins #lovebeauty
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Reposted by Interfaith Hunger Coalition (New Mexico)
Ahead of Independence Day, Senate Republicans rushed to pass Trump’s “big, beautiful bill”—slashing billions from SNAP, imposing time limits, restricting eligibility, and shifting unsustainable costs to states.
It takes food from millions. It’s devastating.
It takes food from millions. It’s devastating.
July 1, 2025 at 7:33 PM
Ahead of Independence Day, Senate Republicans rushed to pass Trump’s “big, beautiful bill”—slashing billions from SNAP, imposing time limits, restricting eligibility, and shifting unsustainable costs to states.
It takes food from millions. It’s devastating.
It takes food from millions. It’s devastating.
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Republicans just passed the largest cuts to SNAP in history, stripping food from millions including children, seniors, veterans, single mothers, and so many others.
We're heartbroken and livid. No one should go hungry to benefit the wealthy few.
We will fight back.
Read our full statement:
We're heartbroken and livid. No one should go hungry to benefit the wealthy few.
We will fight back.
Read our full statement:
MAZON Livid and Heartbroken by Largest Cuts to SNAP in History
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July 3, 2025 at 6:36 PM
Republicans just passed the largest cuts to SNAP in history, stripping food from millions including children, seniors, veterans, single mothers, and so many others.
We're heartbroken and livid. No one should go hungry to benefit the wealthy few.
We will fight back.
Read our full statement:
We're heartbroken and livid. No one should go hungry to benefit the wealthy few.
We will fight back.
Read our full statement:
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Bread issued a statement on final passage of the budget reconciliation bill, which is expected to be signed into law by President Trump.
The budget reconciliation bill cuts SNAP funding by close to $200 billion over ten years and cuts Medicaid funding by $1 trillion.
www.bread.org/article/pass...
The budget reconciliation bill cuts SNAP funding by close to $200 billion over ten years and cuts Medicaid funding by $1 trillion.
www.bread.org/article/pass...
July 3, 2025 at 9:18 PM
Bread issued a statement on final passage of the budget reconciliation bill, which is expected to be signed into law by President Trump.
The budget reconciliation bill cuts SNAP funding by close to $200 billion over ten years and cuts Medicaid funding by $1 trillion.
www.bread.org/article/pass...
The budget reconciliation bill cuts SNAP funding by close to $200 billion over ten years and cuts Medicaid funding by $1 trillion.
www.bread.org/article/pass...
“When you play a violin, it’s the tension that makes the sound. Without tension, there’s no music. I think that what we did today was bring tension to Capitol Hill.” -Alabama Advocate Suzanne Martin (2nd from left) at @bread4theworld.bsky.social 2025 Lobby Day #Nourishourfuture
June 28, 2025 at 3:56 PM
“When you play a violin, it’s the tension that makes the sound. Without tension, there’s no music. I think that what we did today was bring tension to Capitol Hill.” -Alabama Advocate Suzanne Martin (2nd from left) at @bread4theworld.bsky.social 2025 Lobby Day #Nourishourfuture
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"We move forward not with fear, but with clarity. The stakes are high. But the path is clear....God doesn’t wait for perfection. God calls us as we are—ordinary people—to do extraordinary work." @bread4theworld.bsky.social President Rev. Eugene Cho tinyurl.com/yvwxyvs7
Bread for the World’s 50th Anniversary Summit – “Ordinary People. Extraordinary Mission.”
Bread for the World is a community of ordinary people who believe in an extraordinary God and who share an extraordinary mission: to help end hunger in the United States and around the world.
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June 28, 2025 at 3:41 PM
"We move forward not with fear, but with clarity. The stakes are high. But the path is clear....God doesn’t wait for perfection. God calls us as we are—ordinary people—to do extraordinary work." @bread4theworld.bsky.social President Rev. Eugene Cho tinyurl.com/yvwxyvs7
Our latest newsletter has pictures from Thursday's protest in support of a #MoralBudget, as well as information on proposed budget cuts for SNAP-ED which would affect the very effective and popular program Kids Cook!
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June 27, 2025 at 6:23 PM
Our latest newsletter has pictures from Thursday's protest in support of a #MoralBudget, as well as information on proposed budget cuts for SNAP-ED which would affect the very effective and popular program Kids Cook!
tinyurl.com/3ee2mhyx
tinyurl.com/3ee2mhyx
Several members of the faith community in Albuquerque gathered in front of the federal courthouse on Thursday afternoon to urge the Senate to pass a #MoralBudget. The event was organized by Catholic sisters. Archbishop John Wester joined us
June 27, 2025 at 3:04 PM
Several members of the faith community in Albuquerque gathered in front of the federal courthouse on Thursday afternoon to urge the Senate to pass a #MoralBudget. The event was organized by Catholic sisters. Archbishop John Wester joined us
Join us today in front of the Federal Court, 4th & Lomas in #ABQ at 4:30 pm. Faith leaders & friends will reflect, pray and hold signs reminding all that a Budget is a Moral Document. Jason Riggs, a member of our IHC steering committee, will address the impact of SNAP cuts on families in NM.
June 26, 2025 at 1:02 PM
Join us today in front of the Federal Court, 4th & Lomas in #ABQ at 4:30 pm. Faith leaders & friends will reflect, pray and hold signs reminding all that a Budget is a Moral Document. Jason Riggs, a member of our IHC steering committee, will address the impact of SNAP cuts on families in NM.
St. Timothy's Lutheran parishioners in #ABQ wrote 45 letters to Congress at their @bread4theworld.bsky.social Offering of Letters on June 15 #NourishOurFuture
June 26, 2025 at 12:54 PM
St. Timothy's Lutheran parishioners in #ABQ wrote 45 letters to Congress at their @bread4theworld.bsky.social Offering of Letters on June 15 #NourishOurFuture
Read our latest newsletter on the faith response to proposed cuts in SNAP (and Medicaid), which according to Rev. Jim Wallis are 'completely at odds with the gospel calculus' #moralbudget
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tinyurl.com/yum8ztc7
June 23, 2025 at 5:12 PM
Read our latest newsletter on the faith response to proposed cuts in SNAP (and Medicaid), which according to Rev. Jim Wallis are 'completely at odds with the gospel calculus' #moralbudget
tinyurl.com/yum8ztc7
tinyurl.com/yum8ztc7