Food Insecurity
Updates on initiatives to combat food insecurity in District 6.
We are hoping to have the International District Market completed in 2025. It will be located on 1100 San Mateo BLVD SE 87108 on Katheryn and San Mateo. Here, we are addressing the food concerns by building a space for an affordable Farmer’s Market. We are hoping to make this spot lively through accommodating entertainment, food trucks, and community spaces.
District 6 Food Systems Project
UNM Sustainability has assigned a postdoctoral fellow to help work on Food Systems in District 6. We will be hosting a Food System Kick-Off meeting at the International District Library on September 20, 2025 from 2:30p - 3:30p with the goal of connecting our food systems so we can feed our community ourselves.
Goals
1. Honor all the hard work that has already been done by community to grow the International District's (ID) food system.
2. Adopt roles,expectations, and goals between community, academia, and local government to improve the ID's food system.
3. Identify current barriers and explore new solutions to strengthen the ID's food system
4. Prioritize projects, programs, and policies to build the ID's Food system.
5. Announce Opportunities to serve on the ID Food Policy Council
