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Field Reports

Closing New Mexico’s Food Gap

Nicole Alvarado, Emerson Fellow
Published 2007

Santa Fe, New Mexico

Closing New Mexico’s Food Gap describes options for increasing access to affordable and nutritious foods in rural and underserved areas of New Mexico and promotes grocery stores as a means of economic development.

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Publication tags: Field Reports - Food Access, Food Gaps - Food Retailers, Rural Communities

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Nicole Alvarado

Emerson Fellow

Nicole is a 2006 graduate of Humboldt State University, with a degree in Human Communication and a minor in Leadership Studies.  She was student body president, the official representative of the HSU student body to campus administrators, the local community, and the State of California.  Nicole was also appointed to the City of Arcata’s Homeless Task Force in 2004; in this capacity she worked with community members to create a 10 year affordable housing plan for the residents of Arcata.

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