At edible our mission is to grow our local food community because we believe a regionally scaled food system is fundamentally better for our neighbors, land, and economy. In New Mexico, and in fact in the entire Western US, we cannot talk about our food systems without talking about water. Food production in New Mexico relies primarily on surface water, but increasingly on ground water. Surface water availability, determined by annual precipitation, is complicated by increasing demand and outdated regulatory structures. When surface water runs low, growers turn to well water, which lowers the water table and impacts the health of the entire watershed.
