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New Mexico Grown Approved Supplier Program

The New Mexico Grown Approved Supplier Program is designed to grow and diversify the base of New Mexico producers selling to schools and other institutions. The Approved Supplier Program helps assure that fresh produce that moves through schools, early child care facilities, and senior centers, is safe, traceable, and originates from a garden or farm using sound and current food safety practices. The program also helps connect statewide farmers and buyers, and streamline internal purchasing processes. 

The NM Grown Approved Supplier Program:

  • Allows state-funded buyers to purchase from you!
  • Gives buyers confidence that food is safe, traceable
  • Gives buyers a "live" 24/7 list of approved vendors

A Program with Open Arms!

  • No producer is too small; participation is free
  • Technical assistance is available
  • Culturally relevant food is encouraged
  • Food sovereignty is respected

Approved Supplier Program Lists

Apply to Become an Approved Supplier:

New Mexico Grown Approved Supplier Program

If you are a New Mexico grower interested in selling your locally grown food products to New Mexico schools, senior centers, early childhood centers, or food banks, consider becoming an Approved Supplier.

Our new application portal unifies all of our application types into one, and also allows applicants to save their progress and return to finish and submit their final applications at a later time.

Participation in the New Mexico Grown Approved Supplier Program is a commitment to strengthening the New Mexico food system, and participants are required to reapply each year to remain in good standing on our published lists of Buyers and Vendors. Participation is free and support is available from the NMFMA during the application process.

Apply Now!

Required Info & Documents:

Before you begin your application, it is recommended to have the following documents on hand and ready to upload:

  • For Produce+ Applicants:
    • Date of Food Safety Training (Farm/Produce)
    • Farm Risk Assessment Plan or Food Safety Plan
    • Farm/Facility Map
    • Standard Operating Procedures
    • Optional: Food Safety Training Certificate of Attendance (NFMAM T 1&2 or PSA)
  • For Meat Vendors:
    • FSIS Distribution License registration application
    • Product liability insurance (1 million dollar minimum)
    • Taste the Tradition/Grown with Tradition certificate
  • For Food Hubs:
    • Documentation of Third Party Certification with business name and expiration date indicated on certification
    • Date of Food Safety Training (Farm/Produce)
    • Food Safety Plan
    • Farm/Facility Map
    • Standard Operating Procedures (If not third party certified)
    • Optional: Food Safety Training Certificate of Attendance (NFMAM T 1&2 or PSA)
  • For Distributors:
    • Standard Operating Procedures

Questions? Please reach out:
Alena Paisano 
Approved Supplier Director
New Mexico Farmers' Marketing Association
alena@farmersmarketsnm.org
505-819-8277

Need help applying?

If a computer is unavailable to you, please email Kevin Beltrán, Approved Supplier Program Manager, at kevin@farmersmarketsnm.org. Upon request, a physical application and Risk Assessment Template can be mailed to you.

NOTE: A receipt of submission from your application is not a Certificate of Compliance. If you are a new vendor or food hub, you must pass a desk audit with a reviewer after submission and receive an actual certificate from the NMFMA to be on the Approved Supplier List.

For more information contact:

Kevin Beltrán
New Mexico Approved Supplier Program Manager
kevin@farmersmarketsnm.org

Additional Resources:

Click image above to download the NM Grown Approved Supplier Program Flyers.

NM Grown Approved Supplier Program logo

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