Closing New Mexico’s Food Gap

Sec ondar y StoryH eadli ne Closing New Mexico’s Food Gap It is a little known fact that many of New Mexico’s rural and urban communities do not have adequate access to affordable and healthy food outlets. In the absence of this essential link, many New... More

Sec ondar y StoryH eadli ne Closing New Mexico’s Food Gap It is a little known fact that many of New Mexico’s rural and urban communities do not have adequate access to affordable and healthy food outlets. In the absence of this essential link, many New Mexicans living on tight budgets are forced to travel great distances to shop at stores that provide a wider selection of nutritious and reasonably priced food. Closing New Mexico’s Food Gap is a project of Farm to Table and the New Mexico Food and Agriculture Policy Council that began in September of 2005. The primary purpose of the project has been to find options that will increase access to affordable and nutritious foods in rural and underserved urban areas of New Mexico. Through the analysis of local, regional, and nation food access studies, and from data gathered from seven community focus groups around New Mexico, the project identified food outlet and grocery store development as key ingredients in securing a healthy diet Less