Closing the gap

Local produce helps fill food insecurities By Billy Armendariz Headlight Staff Roadrunner Food Bank made a special stop in Deming on Saturday to help alleviate food insecurity in the community. Three semi-tractor- trailers unloaded food commodities that were distributed to the public. Vehicles began lining up in front to the Starmax Family Entertainment Center parking lot at 333 N. Country Club Road, and three hours later, the commodities were all gone. “We close meal gaps when the government programs aren’t enough,” said Diana Sanchez of Roadrunner Food Bank of Albuquerque. “What makes this food distribution special is that local farmers participated in the distribution with an abundance of locally grown produce.” Sanchez said the home-grown program has a twofold approach; impacting the agricultural community in Luna County and creating jobs. “Not to mention we are closing some food gaps in Deming and Luna County,” Sanchez told the Headlight.

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