Our holiday party was a great success! Thanks to all our party sponsors:
- Simply Delicious: Paula Escudero,
- Cowgirl BBQ and Western Grill,
- La Montanita Coop,
- Santa Fe Complex,
- Santa Fe Brewing Company,
- Amanda’s Flowers,
- Ross Hamlin, Musician
Friday, January 9, 2009
2008 Holiday Party
Our holiday party was a great success! Thanks to all our party sponsors:
Tuesday, January 6, 2009
Food and Health Care Related? Who Knew, Right?
I just got this posting from Roy on food, farming and affordable health care. It was posted on treehugger.com. Here's a quote from the article:
"The sustainable local-food system we are trying to build relies on an abundance of small, diverse, sustainable family farmers scattered all across the United States. For this kind of farm to exist, sustainable must mean more than environmental sustainability — it must also include economic viability. Farming is a dangerous and risky business, and it becomes a whole lot less attractive when a farmer knows that he or she is one fall from the hay loft away from losing their land."
Why should we be interested in these issues and how are they connected? The SFA is working on a food/fuels project that will help Northern New Mexico localize it's agricultural economy, reduce the cost of food production through renewable energy and sustain our regional farms. We are also involved in health care issues and the high costs associated with providing such benefits to employees. Read more on this here:
http://www.treehugger.com/files/2009/01/affordable-health-care-farming.php
Any thoughts?
"The sustainable local-food system we are trying to build relies on an abundance of small, diverse, sustainable family farmers scattered all across the United States. For this kind of farm to exist, sustainable must mean more than environmental sustainability — it must also include economic viability. Farming is a dangerous and risky business, and it becomes a whole lot less attractive when a farmer knows that he or she is one fall from the hay loft away from losing their land."
Why should we be interested in these issues and how are they connected? The SFA is working on a food/fuels project that will help Northern New Mexico localize it's agricultural economy, reduce the cost of food production through renewable energy and sustain our regional farms. We are also involved in health care issues and the high costs associated with providing such benefits to employees. Read more on this here:
http://www.treehugger.com/files/2009/01/affordable-health-care-farming.php
Any thoughts?
Happy New Blog!
Welcome to the Alliance Blog (- we really need a better name and we're working on it) where you'll get local, state and national news that we hope will be entertaining, informative, and above all, directly related to all things local.
2008 was a busy year for the SFA, with the launch of a green jobs program, expansion of the Farm to Restaurant Project, a family picnic event, and so much more. This year will be no exception as we move into more localization projects in food, renewable energy, green jobs, an expanded Buy Local Campaign with many community partners and most fun of all - Local First Radio, Sundays at 11am on KTRC 1260am.
Come back soon for all the info you need for your business, your community, your local connections.
2008 was a busy year for the SFA, with the launch of a green jobs program, expansion of the Farm to Restaurant Project, a family picnic event, and so much more. This year will be no exception as we move into more localization projects in food, renewable energy, green jobs, an expanded Buy Local Campaign with many community partners and most fun of all - Local First Radio, Sundays at 11am on KTRC 1260am.
Come back soon for all the info you need for your business, your community, your local connections.
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