ALBUQUERQUE – It may sound like a trick question: What do you do with 2,000 tomato plants when an in-person fundraiser sale is cancelled? New Mexico State University Cooperative Extension Service Master Gardeners in Bernalillo County were faced with this question when the state implemented a stay-at-home order in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, canceling […]Read More
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No one growing produce wants to inadvertently make people ill because of poor food safety practices. Two training sessions will be held in New Mexico to help fruit and vegetable growers meet the regulatory requirements included in the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s Food Safety Modernization Act Produce Safety Rule. New Mexico State University’s Cooperative […]Read More
One of New Mexico EDGE’s newest certification programs is designed to help New Mexico State University’s new Cooperative Extension Service specialists and agents to learn the organizational ropes of their new jobs. NM EDGE, which stands for Education Designed to Generate Excellence in the Public Sector, provides county and state officials with professional programming. “The […]Read More