La Semilla Food Center

12/08/2025

Our Bluesky feed has been integrated into our homepage at www.lasemillafoodcenter.org

Find our updates there!
Remember we are leaving Instagram and Facebook ✌️

Ya integramos Bluesky a nuestra página web lasemillafoodcenter.org

Ahí encontrarás nuestras noticias y avisos sobre programas.
Recuerda que ya nos vamos de Instagram y Facebook!

11/15/2025

Bowie Jardín Workshop 💗
A student-led celebration of cempasuchil, nopal, mesquite, and amaranto.
Thanks to the students for sharing their knowledge and talents. Bravo a Gustavo Urrea por declamar poesía y a Amalia Mondragon por su conocimiento y canto. Y la maestra Soila por sus palabras y apoyo hacia la nueva generación de Bowie Bears.

And special CONGRATULATIONS to ag teacher Luis Tinajero for being awarded Teacher of the Year at Bowie High School!!

You all have grown something truly special here and we are so grateful to be in community with you.

11/15/2025

11/14/2025

Hey, yall!

We’re moving away from Meta platforms — and we want to stay connected with you!

Our primary Meta accounts will close at the end of 2025.

Find us:

-At our website - https://lasemillafoodcenter.org/ - our digital home where you can learn about our work, sign up for volunteer days at the farm, read our blog, and join our newsletter

-On YouTube - - to view training videos for farmers and other cinematic creations

-On Bluesky - .bsky.social - where will share most recent updates

La Semilla’s Farm Fresh Instagram account () will remain active. Please continue to support local growers by purchasing weekly farm boxes!

11/07/2025

Something new is sprouting…

Over the next few weeks, we’ll be tending to some changes in how we share our stories and connect with you.

Just like in the garden, growth sometimes means replanting — in new soil, with new possibilities.

Stay tuned as we prepare to move toward a new digital era.

11/07/2025

May our ancestors always guide us to be the best version of ourselves

May we continue to build kinship with the land and each other to collectively hold our love, grief, and cultural observances

Gracias, familia &
🏵️🏵️🏵️

11/07/2025

May our ancestors always guide us to be the best version of ourselves

May we continue to build kinship with the land and each other to collectively hold our love, grief, and cultural observances

Gracias familia &

🏵️🏵️🏵️

10/22/2025

Please join us in donating to fellow member
fund to support families impacted by the Wilder, Idaho raid.

Link in stories (or screenshot this image, then go to the screenshot to click on the link below)

https://givebutter.com/ifaf

10/17/2025

Special thank you to everyone who donated on El Paso Giving Day and Early Giving!

Your support means the world to us and helps support our land-based and community-rooted programs. We look forward to what the future holds for our organization and community and are grateful you are a part of our story!

10/16/2025

Today is El Paso Giving Day!

Be a part of our story and mission to foster a healthy, self-reliant, fair, and sustainable food system in the Paso del Norte region and Chihuahuan Desert. Ongoing donor support is an investment in community and an opportunity for La Semilla to deepen our relationships with each and every one of you. Your donations, no matter how big or small, mean more than you know and are the most flexible funds that allow us to support our land-based, interconnected, and multifaceted programs without restrictions.

Please consider supporting La Semilla on El Paso Giving Day!
https://elpasogivingday.org/organizations/la-semilla-food-center

As a community-based organization rooted in our relationships, we also encourage you to consider supporting these other organizations:

T'ai'u Hlioran Hurini (Tiwa Women's Circle) (Tiwa Women's Circle) ()
Desert Spoon Food Hub ()
National Immigrant Farming Initiative ()
Las Americas Immigrant Advocacy ()
Estrella del Paso ()

10/13/2025

Today is Indigenous People’s Day

We celebrate Indigenous resistance and resilience.

We celebrate sacred sites such as Hueco Tanks, a special oasis of Indigenous lifeways past, present, and future.

We celebrate the Rio Grande, which teemed with fish under Indigenous stewardship.

We celebrate Traditional Ecological Knowledge, which is place-based and profound.

We celebrate Indigenous innovation in agricultural and culinary systems, such as the milpa system and the methodologies of nixtamalization.

We honor Native Nations and Indigenous people in every global hemisphere.

We honor detribalized people, who are connecting with the Indigenous lifeways of their ancestors.

We greet our Indigenous friends and teachers.

Colonial rupture requires repair.

Indigenous people safeguard 80% of the world’s remaining biodiversity.

May we learn full histories.

May we understand and support Indigenous-led local and global efforts towards rematriation.

10/13/2025

Last month, a moderated discussion was held at the Community Action Agency, which featured Anahi Mena of our Community Education Program, as well as other program directors and coordinators from the City of Las Cruces Senior Food Education Program and the Community Action Agency.

The conversation focused on the positive impact federal nutrition programs, including SNAP and the USDA-funded Child and Adult Care Food Program (CACFP), have on the communities we serve. Leaders offered insight into the significant consequences of benefit reductions and the current increasing demand for food assistance. SNAP participants also shared how these programs affect their daily lives.

It is critical to protect and strengthen these essential federal nutrition programs that support families, children, and seniors throughout New Mexico. At La Semilla, we are honored to be a part of these ongoing efforts and will continue to share how you can learn more and support these programs.