CRP alumna Emily Arasim Beltrán’s master’s research was recently featured in Edible New Mexico magazine. “The Power & Possibility of Our Rural Grocery Stores” offers a snapshot of her research of the value of rural grocery stores to Northern New Mexico communities. She has created a handbook that includes historic documentation, analysis of the pressures and changes impacting these vital spaces, and strategies to support their resurgence.

Emily owns Rooted Strategies, NM, a small business providing planning, facilitation, and grant writing and other support services to non-profits, community groups and local governments across New Mexico. They specialize in working on rural economic development, youth leadership, climate and environmental justice, and water, food and agriculture projects and programs. For more information, visit rootedstrategiesnm.com.