Clementines in a basket with SNAP benefits tokens at farmer Seth Matlick’s booth at the Albuquerque Growers’ Market on Oct. 25, 2025). (Danielle Prokop/Source NM)
On Saturday, New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham issued a statement in response to the United States Department of Agriculture’s pending Nov. 1 stop of food benefits under the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program.
USDA issued a memo Friday that said the agency’s contingency fund could not be legally used to provide food assistance benefits for more than 42 million people that rely on SNAP. Numerous Democratic lawmakers, including members of New Mexico’s congressional delegation, had written to USDA Secretary Brooke Rollins contending the agency could use such funds…