Fresh Start Market

The Sankofa Fresh Start Market represents a comprehensive grassroots strategy for addressing food insecurity in low-income | low access communities in New Orleans Lower Ninth Ward, with a population of 4,100 residents, by providing ongoing consistent access to locally sourced whole foods in an under-resourced area designated as a USDA Food Desert. Health, nutrition, and food safety education will also be offered through Sankofa’s Healthy HeartBeats program. The Fresh Start Market will operate on a historic commercial thoroughfare in the Lower Ninth Ward.

The Fresh Start Market will accept Veggie RX vouchers from Healthy HeartBeats program participants, as well as cash, SNAP benefits, credit cards, and Farmers Market Nutrition Program Vouchers.

The Fresh Start Market project will primarily reach citizens of the Lower Ninth Ward as well as surrounding neighborhoods and serve as an intermediary to distribute food from local farmers and fishers.