Meals on Wheels New Mexico

Meals Program: In 2023 Meals on Wheels New Mexico delivered 217,087 meals to over 2,000 hungry neighbors across Albuquerque and New Mexico. We are the only home delivered meal program in our area preparing eight different types of special diets. We prepare these special diets for a variety of needs, including diabetes, renal failure, heart issues, chewing and swallowing problems, etc. Through grants, donations, and the support of the community we can provide free or subsidized meals to those who meet income guidelines.

Local Harvest: Through our Local Harvest program, Meals on Wheels New Mexico is purchasing locally farmed fruits and vegetables for use in our meals. The program allows us to support local farmers, our economy, and the environment while providing our clients with fresh and healthy produce that they would be unable to obtain on their own. In 2023, Meals on Wheels purchased over 50,000 pounds of local product for use in our foods!

Forage: In 2023, Meals on Wheels New Mexico launched a new convenience food option called Forage. Forage is a fresh food vending machine featuring grab-and-go food items from both local vendors and in-house products. These fresh food vending machines are available 24-hours a day, 7 days a week at various locations across the city where fresh food may be hard to come by (such as emergency rooms, ambulance bays, and large office buildings). Organizations pay a fee to have a Forage machine on site, and Meals on Wheels NM stocks and manages the machine weekly. Any profit made from the Forage brand goes directly back to the Meals on Wheels program in support of our home-delivered meal program. In 2023, Forage had nine machines across the City of Albuquerque.