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“Changes in the structure of our society mean that mothers often don’t have the support from extended family or religious communities the way they did in the past,” Nancy Guthrie says.

Many Mothers helps new parents learn to grow fresh food By Manette Newbold For The New Mexican Photos By Jane Phillips The New Mexican  |  Mar 26, 2013 At age 2, Sunna Boyles already loves to garden. Using plastic tools to dig through the dirt, she helps her father, Steve Boyles, plant starts in her family’s above-ground hoop house garden. When Sunna was a bit younger, Steve Boyles said she would climb in the garden wearing ruby red slippers, but she’s grown a little too big for that. The 4- by 8-foot hoop house garden in Sunna’s backyard was given to the Boyles through the Many Mothers program of Santa Fe. About four years ago, the nonprofit organization was contacted…