Contact Info:
Email: hfff@edd.nm.gov
Phone: 505-819-8914 (Please leave a voicemail and someone will respond to your inquiry as soon as possible.)
Mailing address:
P.O Box 20003
Santa Fe, NM 87504-5003
The Healthy Food Financing Fund FY24 grant cycle has now closed. We are currently reviewing applications and anticipate notifying awardees in mid-December. Thank you everyone who submitted applications!
HFFF is administered by the state fund manager, Vida Mejor Capital.
View the informational webinar and presentation slides:
HFFF has $950,000 in funding for FY24. No match is required and funding is upfront.
Eligible Entities:
Project Categories:
Eligible Costs:
The purpose of New Mexico’s Healthy Food Financing Fund is to support the intersection of economic development in New Mexico’s food and agricultural sector with increased food security for New Mexicans. The HFFF program is an integral part of the governor’s Food Initiative and prioritizes food retail in rural and underserved communities and provides alternate market channels for value-add and sustainable agriculture.
The HFFF program is the cornerstone of a strategic phased approach to developing a suite of financial tools for food and agricultural enterprises in New Mexico to grow, raise, process, aggregate, distribute and sell local, fresh healthy food through expanded retail and institutional market channels in rural and underserved communities in New Mexico.
The fund prioritizes projects demonstrating a focus on underserved communities in the following priority areas:
In FY 2023, HFFF awarded more than $500,000 in competitive grants to a range of food enterprises from across the state of New Mexico.
After a rigorous evaluation process, FY23 award winners were selected from EDD regional districts, resulting in the following distribution: 23% (3) of awardees were from district 1; 31% (4) from district 2; 15% (2) from district 3; 8% (1) from district 4; 15% (2) from district 5, and 8% (1) from district 6. To date a total of 13 grants have been successfully administered through the pilot HFFF program.
We are excited to announce the projects receiving grant awards through the inaugural round of the FY23 Healthy Food Financing Fund. Thank you all so much for the innovative and impactful work you are doing in our New Mexico food and agricultural system!
If you would like to be included in notifications for the Healthy Food Financing Fund, please enter your contact info below.
Want more news and information from EDD? Sign up to receive other updates.
New Mexico Economic
Development Department
Joseph M. Montoya Building
1100 S. St. Francis Drive
Santa Fe, NM 87505-4147
Mailing Address:
New Mexico Economic
Development Department
P.O. Box 20003
Santa Fe, NM 87504-5003
Main number: (505) 827-0300 (se habla español)
Fax: (505) 827-0328
The mission of the New Mexico Economic Development Department is to Improve the lives of New Mexico families by increasing economic opportunities and providing a place for businesses to thrive.
Translate this site:
