The Food Plan
Click here to access the form to submit information for the 2018 Food Plan Report about your accomplishments towards its goals. Please submit information by December 7.
Click here to download your copy of “Planning for Santa Fe’s Food Future: Querencia, a Story of Food, Farming, and Friends.” (The Food Plan, published in 2014)
2018 Report on The Food Plan
This report details the progress made on implementing the initial 2014 Food Plan. Click here to download the 2018 Report
2017 Report on The Food Plan
This report details the progress made on implementing the initial 2014 Food Plan. Click here to download the 2017 Report
2016 Report on The Food Plan
This report details the progress made on implementing the initial 2014 Food Plan. Click here to download the 2016 Report
The Food Plan, Planning for Santa Fe’s Food Future: Querencia, a Story of Food, Farming, and Friends.” published in 2014
Vision
The Santa Fe Food Policy Council, as an advisory body to the City of Santa Fe and to Santa Fe County, has an active interest in promoting a future of local food security for residents across Santa Fe County. These collaborative efforts aim to ensure access to healthy and local food, as well as protect agricultural activity, skill sets, and resources necessary for maintaining our agricultural heritage.
Significance
The Santa Fe Food Policy Council has, in partnership with numerous stakeholders throughout the community, embarked on a community research process to assess our local food system. This effort represents a major step on our collective journey toward building a local, healthy, and prosperous food system for Santa Fe County. In October 2014, the first ever Food Plan for Santa Fe region, “Planning for Santa Fe’s Food Future: Querencia, a Story of Food, Farming, and Friends,” was released. The document highlights several goal areas and policy action items, focusing on how our community accesses, produces and shares knowledge about food.
This document will serve as a tool to reach out to all corners of our county to gain input, understanding, and strengthen relationships to provide a foundation for future food policy initiatives and programs. The process will culminate in the development of a strategic food plan for the City and County of Santa Fe – a detailed road-map for action and accountability around food related issues.
Community Involvement
We referenced a variety of resources available to our community: the Santa Fe Food Policy Council’s Community Food Assessment, Santa Fe County 2013: A Community Health Profile, The City of Santa Fe’s Sustainable Santa Fe Plan, as well as a number of other local and state-wide research publications.
To build upon the existing information, we embarked upon a county-wide interview process to personally connect with over 60 stakeholders working in positions related to food access, health, education and production.
Contributing Stakeholders 2013-2014
Santa Fe County Community Services Department, Santa Fe County Emergency Management, Santa Fe County Growth Management Department, Santa Fe County Open Space and Trails, City of Santa Fe Economic Development, City of Santa Fe Emergency Management, City Councilor Carmichael Dominguez, City of Santa Fe Environmental Services: Sustainable Santa Fe, City of Santa Fe Parks Division: Chamber of Parks Advisory Commission, City of Santa Fe Wellness Department, Farm to Table New Mexico, Earth Care, Cooking with Kids, Kitchen Angels, Adelante, The Food Depot, Food for Santa Fe, Bienvenidos Outreach, The Community Farm, The Street Food Institute, Santa Fe Farmers Market Institute, Santa Fe Southside Farmers Market, La Montanita Co-op and Cooperative Distribution Center, Santa Fe Community Co-op, Homegrown NM, GAIA Gardens, Santa Fe Watershed Alliance, La Familia Medical Center, Adelante, Santa Fe Public Schools, Institute for American Indian Arts, Santa Fe Community College, Area Agency on Aging, Eight Northern Pueblos Food Distribution Program on Indian Reservations (ENIPC), New Mexico Income Services Division, New Mexico Department of Health, Pueblo of Pojoaque, Pojoaque Farmers Market, Pueblo of Tesuque, Ohkay Owingeh Pueblo, the New Mexico Food and Seed Sovereignty Alliance, New Mexico Acequia Association, Edgewood Senior Center, Southside Quality of Life Initiative, New Mexico State Extension Service