SM 3 — GLEAN UNHARVESTED FARM PRODUCE

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g e i k h r i s WHEREAS, according to feeding America's 2019 map the meal h , t, e u g gap study, approximately three hundred twenty thousand people e b l e e h in New Mexico are food insecure and more than one-third of n d d i = = o h those who are food insecure are children;

and l ] b ,d i a º e WHEREAS, a 2010 missing meals study found that low-income r i = r t e w d m a n o people in New Mexico miss one hundred seventeen million one d m :

b e d s º o t n = .215779.2AIC February 8, 2020 (11:50am) s k m e e a n e d r e l u [ A d hundred forty thousand eight hundred seventy meals every year;

and WHEREAS, food waste worldwide is a major contributor to SM 3 Page 1 the emission of greenhouse gases, approximating the emissions of thirty-seven million passenger vehicles on the road;

and WHEREAS, food waste occurs at every step of the food h production process, from agricultural production to u » r consumption;

and t h g e l i WHEREAS, produce that does not meet the aesthetic h r i s standards for commercial sale is often left unharvested to save h , e h the expense and labor involved in bringing the produce to t u g e b l e e , gh market;

and n d d i = = o h WHEREAS, approximately twenty billion pounds of fruits and l ] b ,d i a º r vegetables in the United States are discarded on farms or left e r = t e w d m a n o in fields and plowed under;

and dWHEREAS, munharvested :farm produce could be a source of food to address food insecurity in New Mexico;

b r e t º o t n = .215779.2AIC February 8, 2020 (11:50am) s k m e - 2 - e a n e d r e l u [ A d WHEREAS, unharvested farm produce could be a source of food to address food insecurity in New Mexico;

and BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the working group be composed of SCONCº farmers and»SCONCand representatives of the New Mexico department of agriculture, the department of environment, the workforce solutions department, the human services department and relevant non-governmental organizations, including the New Mexico association of food banks, anti-hunger advocacy SM 3 Page 2 organizations, labor organizations and agriculture-focused groups, such as 4-H, the New Mexico farmers' marketing association and the New Mexico food and agriculture policy h council;

and u » r BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the working group be requested t h g e l i to develop recommendations on how best to coordinate with h r i s farmers to glean unharvested produce and efficiently distribute h , e h the produce in order to effectively address food insecurity;

t u g e b l e e , gh and n d d i = = o h BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the working group be l ] b ,d i a º r requested to report its recommendations to the appropriate e r = t e w d m a n o interim legislative committee by November 1, 2020;

and dBE mIT :FURTHER RESOLVED that copies of this memorial be transmitted to the director of the New Mexico department of agriculture, the secretary of workforce solutions, the secretary of human services and the co-chairs of the New Mexico legislative council.

bSM r3 ePage t º o t n = .215779.2AIC February 8, 2020 (11:50am) s k m e - 3 -25 e a n e d r e l u [ A d BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that copies of this memorial be transmitted to the director of the New Mexico department of agriculture, the secretary of workforce solutions, the secretary of human services and the co-chairs of the New Mexico legislative council.

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