New Mexico Appleseed’s impact has been covered in national and local press

Feeding the need: Schools on the front line in the battle against childhood hunger

CBS News
"School lunch is no longer this Brady Bunch convenience; it is a soup kitchen," said Jennifer Ramo, of the New Mexico anti-poverty group New Mexico Appleseed.”

Schools will soon have to put in writing if they 'lunch shame'

NPR, All Things Considered
"We're saying feed these children first, and let the grownups sort out the finances," says Jennifer Ramo, who's with the anti-hunger group, New Mexico Appleseed.”

‘School lunch shaming’ is now against the law in New Mexico

TODAY
”New Mexico has become the first state in the U.S. to ban “lunch shaming.” The new law prevents schools from singling out students whose school cafeteria bills haven’t been paid.”