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Social isolation, loneliness could be greater threat to public health than...
I encourage you to cite this report and the ‘loneliness epidemic’ when preparing proposals to city or county entities or public health advocates. Framing the market as a connector and place of civic...
View ArticleWhy strong and weak ties are both necessary
A good article that describes bridging and bonding types of social capital. It is important for markets to understand which of them are at play in their market and how that depends on the market type...
View ArticleFarmers Markets Need Support to Collect and Use Data
The reason for FMC to put effort into this type of academic article is to make sure that researchers see the opportunity to have market operators be part of the process around what data is collected...
View ArticleFarmers and Culinarians: You Got This
Anyone who reads this blog knows that for the past 20 years I have been especially passionate about two subjects: my neighbors on the Gulf Coast and the people and work of organizing around healthy and...
View ArticlePirate ships, untie.
Some of you may have heard the news earlier this year that Slow Food USA’s Executive Director Richard McCarthy was stepping down from his command after six years. Of course anyone who reads this blog...
View ArticleVeg variety expands acceptance with kids
Australia: Increased acceptance for multiple vegetables was noted during the five weeks of one study and sustained at the three-month followup. Following the study, parents reported that offering the...
View ArticleIt’s a Make, Break, or Take set of moments. Get ready.
Dear Colleagues, I am thinking of each of you, your teams, and communities as you make decisions and adapt your Direct-To-Consumer (DTC) channels. If I can help, I hope you know you can contact me and...
View Articlelocal resiliency shouldn’t be the goal
At the end of this second year of the COVID era, I’ve been thinking a great deal about the thousands of market leaders, tens of thousands of producers, and the hundreds of thousands of our neighbors...
View ArticleKuni can help our markets
Much of what Kuni is extolling we are seeing in some extraordinary US farmers markets and food work, most often led by Black, persons of color, and indigenous leaders. No surprise to me that what...
View ArticleRoads to Rome and to home
I’ve got a post on the FMC site about my recent travel mentioned in the last post but am adding a point of view on this blog too: My October 2023 trip to work with Campagna Amica and World FMC was...
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