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Annabella Farmer

Born and raised in Santa Fe, Annabella Farmer came to investigative journalism while studying at the Institute of American Indian Arts, and graduated from the writing program in May 2021. She worked with High Country News as an intern, and contributed research support and consulting for the Polk Award-winning Land Grab Universities project. She has also written about education, sustainable land use, art, and sanitation practices during the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Burned out, ill-paid, overburdened

Avatar photo by Annabella Farmer June 14, 2022October 31, 2022

How New Mexico’s mental health system fails providers and patients alike

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‘Hurt people raising hurt people’

Avatar photo by Annabella Farmer May 25, 2022January 13, 2023

A mental health crisis grows in NM amid a dire lack of services

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The core debate

Avatar photo by Annabella Farmer March 23, 2022January 12, 2023

A multi-billion-dollar project to make plutonium cores at Los Alamos National Laboratory may be unsafe, unnecessary and ill-conceived. But proponents say the mission is a must.

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Troubled waters

Avatar photoAvatar photo by Lindsay Fendt and Annabella Farmer January 26, 2022November 8, 2022

State interests collide over dwindling supplies

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When the well runs dry

Avatar photoAvatar photo by Annabella Farmer and Lindsay Fendt January 13, 2022July 10, 2022

Nobody knows how much water New Mexico has. Finding out is the best way to ensure survival against drought and climate change.

Posted inEviction, Eviction Epidemic, Featured, Full Archive, Housing , Your Right To Know

New Mexico’s affordable housing crisis has solutions

Avatar photo by Annabella Farmer October 6, 2021January 10, 2023

A Q&A with University of New Mexico law professor Serge Martinez

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Growing pains

Avatar photo by Annabella Farmer September 9, 2021December 21, 2022

The Cannabis Regulation Act could benefit big companies while leaving acequia communities dry

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Hygiene theater: More harm than good?

Avatar photo by Annabella Farmer December 7, 2020July 10, 2022

Efforts to fight coronavirus could instead increase vulnerability

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