Las Cruces Leadership Agenda

1. • 8:00 am Start at Work Space 141 & Breakfast

1. • 8:20 am Load Bus

1. • 8:30 am Travel to NMSU campus ACES College

1. • 8:45 am Unload Bus walk to meeting room: Food, Security, and Safety Facility, 3140 Knox St., Las Cruces NM 88001

1. • 9:00 am – 9:45 am Panel Discussion on the Agriculture industry

1. • • Dino Cervantes – Cervantes Enterprises 

1. • • Randy McMillan – NAI 1st Valley/ The Fresh Chile Company / Rio Grande Winery

1. • • Louise Marquez – New Mexico Economic Development Department

1. • 9:45 am – 10:00 am Bathroom Break

• • 10:00 am – 10:45 am Overview of New Mexico’s Agriculture industry + Q&A
    • Dr. Rolando A. Flores, Dean & Chief Administrative Officer, College of Agricultural, Consumer & Environmental Sciences (ACES)

1. • 10:45 am -11:00 am Bathroom Break

1. • 11:00 am – 12:15 pm Walking tour of College of Agricultural, Consumer & Environmental Sciences (ACES)

1. • 12:15 pm – 12:30 pm Return to: Food, Security, and Safety Facility, 3140 Knox St., Las Cruces NM 88001

1. • 12:30 pm – 1:30 pm Lunch

1. • 1:30-1:45 Load Bus

1. • 1:30 pm – 1:55 pm Drive to Seco Spice Co. 1808 W Berino Rd, Anthony, NM 88021
   • 2:00 pm – 3:00 pm Tour of Seco Spice Co. (Chile Processing: Ed Ogaz) 

1. • 3:00 pm – 3:10 pm Load Bus

1. • 3:10 pm – 3:15 Drive to Baked Chicken Farm 415 San Benito St, Mesquite, NM 88048 
   • 3:15 pm – 4:15 pm Tour of Baked Chicken Farm (Cannabis Growing & Processing: Tony Miller)

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1. • 4:15 pm Load bus

1. • 4:25 pm – 4:50 pm Travel Back to Workspace 141

1. • 5:00 pm – Happy Hour: Icebox Brewing Company, 2825 W Picacho Ave, Las Cruces, NM 88007