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🌱 How a Shiprock farm turned Gallup kitchen trips into a food lifeline
Gallup, New Mexico Patch AM: a 4 min readHello Gallup! Here's our latest buzz. Let's get into it. ☀️
In today's newsletter:
- How a Shiprock farm turned Gallup kitchen trips into a food lifeline
Also on today's calendar: 104th Gallup Inter-Tribal Indian Ceremonial Exhibit Hall Opening Night and 5 more events.
Today's riddle: A man rode into Fenton on Friday. He stayed three days and left on Friday. How did he do that? 🤔 (Answer below!)
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- Friday: A t-storm around in the p.m., with a high of 94 and low of 61 degrees. 🌶 Hot!
- Saturday: A t-storm around in the p.m., temps: high: 95, low: 61.
- Sunday: Warm; a stray p.m. t-shower, with a high of 95 and low of 61 degrees.
📰 News we're reading
• Providing Traditional Foods for Indigenous Children (civileats.com subscription) — A Navajo family near Shiprock has been hauling their traditional crops to a leased commercial kitchen in Gallup—every other day for four years—to produce Indigenous baby foods for schools and families. Their Bidii Baby Foods business and farmer training program are expanding access to healthy, culturally rooted foods across the Navajo Nation while navigating major gaps in on-reservation infrastructure. 
📸 Around Gallup
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Upcoming Events in
Gallup
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★ Featured events ★
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Shop the Flea Market! →
Gallup Flea Market, 340 N 9th St, Gallup
9:00 am
Saturday August 1
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Other local events
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Tohatchi High School Open House
Gallup High Gallup, NM 87301
5:00 pm -
David Skeet Elementary Open House
Gallup High Gallup, NM 87301
5:00 pm -
104th Gallup Inter-Tribal Indian Ceremonial Exhibit Hall Opening Night →
Red Rock Park, 825 Outlaw Rd, Church Rock
6:00 pm -
Shop the Flea Market! →
Gallup Flea Market, 340 N 9th St, Gallup
9:00 am -
Thoreau Mid School Open House
Gallup High Gallup, NM 87301
4:30 pm -
Navajo Elementary Open House
Gallup High Gallup, NM 87301
5:30 pm -
Navajo Mid Open House
Gallup High Gallup, NM 87301
5:30 pm
Tuesday August 4
Wednesday August 5
Saturday August 8
Monday August 10
Tuesday August 11
📣 Gallup Shout Outs!
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🗓 Events Nearby
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CDE Open House/Back-to-School Night
Chee Dodge Elementary 641 US-491, Yah-Ta-Hey, NM 87375, USA
5:00 pm -
Rio Rancho at Miyamura →
Miyamura High School, 680 Boardman Ave, Gallup
4:00 pm -
Grants at Miyamura →
Miyamura High School, 680 Boardman Ave, Gallup
6:00 pm -
Sandia Prep Boys Varsity Soccer @ Rehoboth Christian →
Rehoboth Christian School, 211 Tse Yaaniichi St, Rehoboth
3:30 pm
Wednesday August 12
Thursday August 20
Saturday August 22
Thursday October 8
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💬 Chatter
What your neighbors are talking about on social media
- In case you need back-to-school anything, this is a reminder that this weekend--Friday, July 31 at 12:01 a.
m. until Sunday, August 2 at midnight--is a tax free weekend in New Mexico. (Nextdoor South Of RT66)
- PepsiCo posted a job opening for Merchandiser in Gallup. Apply here.
- Gallup-McKinley County Schools posted a job opening for 2026-2027 SY - Athletic Coach - 8th Grade Volleyball in Gallup. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Gallup here.
🗞 Nearby News
Grants
- An Adventure on New Mexico Route 66, 'One Good Thing.' (cibolacitizen.com)
- Grants Public Library Adds Bonus Week to Summer Reading Program (cibolacitizen.com)
- Vallejos Sues City of Grants After Council Finds Charter Violation (cibolacitizen.com)
Farmington
- Caliente choir to host 5th Annual Cul-de-Sac Concert in Farmington (tricityrecordnm.com)
- Connie Mack World Series comes down to final six teams (tricityrecordnm.com)
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-- The Patch AM Team
P.S. The answer to today's riddle: His horse's name was Friday (Thank you Coco S. for sending it in!)
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