Our plight of having no grocery store ( 90 miles roundtrip to closest one) made the local news
Some small NM communities stuck in ‘food deserts
It turns out the people in Mountainair are not alone. It's what many are calling a “food desert.” There are no grocery stores for dozens of miles for other communities like Estancia, Chilili, Tajique or Vaughn, just to name a few.
But McCloud is working with other community members to channel their frustrations into a solution.
“I've been working on a USDA Grant loan program through the electric co-op which would be a very low-interest loan for us to buy the building and open the store, but this is a very time-consuming process,” she said.
http://www.kob.com/new-mexico-news/some-small-nm-communities-stuck-in-food-deserts-mountainair-mancy-mccloud-b-street-market/4325445/#.WDT3v7EeegV.facebook
We have raised over a hundred thousand dollars. There is a link if anyone cares to donate. I can travel to Belen or Albuquerque to buy food but many of the seniors and poorer residents cannot. I talk to so many people who are buying all their groceries at the Dollar Store - no real food or fresh fruits and vegetables. The local physicians assistant said the older folks she sees are losing weight.
https://www.tilt.com/tilts/reopen-b-street-market - cute video of local elementary kids singing to open the grocery store
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That's the way I feel sometimes. I do have chickens and a well so I have lots of eggs and water 
successful in re-opening the grocery store that recently closed! 
BNSF trains running all the time and it's especially nice out here at night when you hear the train whistles in the distance. In fact, I hear one now - I'm 4 miles up a dirt road off Route 60 so no traffic noise just train whistles.
No problem with distribution - just money for buying the store and all the stock.
