In New Mexico, about 15% of households have limited or uncertain access to adequate food. That rate of food insecurity is higher than the nationwide average and the legislature’s Indian Affairs Committee heard on Thursday that food insecurity is believed to be at least twice as common among Indigenous communities living on reservations.
Although food benefits like SNAP and others are available, Jill Dixon from the Food Depot network of food banks said that that doesn’t necessarily solve people’s problems.
“Is there a grocery store that offers fruits and vegetables and protein within a reasonable distance to the folks that are living in that community?”…