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A mobile farmers’ market revs up – Food Features
An article about a mobile market starting up in Massachusetts is attached. After reading it (well even before reading it) I am just not sure about mobile markets as the best method for adding healthy...
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Governance case study
In 2012, I did an introductory set of case studies on market structure to begin to get some good information to markets that are struggling with their founding or expansion. The case studies that I did...
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Bivalve Project from Louisiana
Fisheries Agent Rusty Gaude has long advocated for more production of the Southern Quahog, Mercenaria campechiensis and sees it as a possible new direction of direct marketing to offset the reduced...
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North American Urban Agricultural Survey
We are very excited to invite you to participate in a Portland State University survey of organizations and businesses across the US and Canada involved in urban agriculture projects. Urban agriculture...
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Market Characteristics
I have been working on some documents that I hope will help explain markets a little better to the larger food community and to market partners. Since markets remain the most efficient (and democratic)...
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Vermont Feasibility Report
Very proud to release the Vermont Feasibility Market Currency Report this week. I was contracted last fall to do this work by Vermont Agency of Agriculture, Food and Marketing (VAAFM) in partnership...
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USDA report: Nutrition Assistance in Farmers Markets: Understanding Current...
I have begun to take notes on the 799 page report released by the USDA last week (authored by Westat) on nutrition assistance programs managed at markets/with direct marketing farmers. This (FM Ops) is...
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A book recommendation for evaluation geeks (like me)
Accounting For Social Value When organizations use social accounting practices, they are able to measure their performance in terms of benefits accrued to key stakeholders such as their communities,...
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Nutrition Assistance Report Part II
More quotes and odds and ends from the Nutrition Assistance Project Report. U.S. Department of Agriculture, Food and Nutrition Service, Office of Research and Analysis, Nutrition Assistance in Farmers...
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Link to data collection slideshow
Gave this presentation recently to the University of Virginia Morven Institute’s “Farmers Markets and Applied Food Systems Research” course. Slideshow Here is more on this exciting summer course that I...
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Notes from Farmers Markets In Low-Income Communities webinar
Farmers markets in low-income communities webinar August 29, 2013 Speaker 1: Mukethe Kawinzi, Project Coordinator, The Food Trust Farmers markets are an effective means to bring fresh and healthy means...
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Mississippi Gulf Coast Farmer/Shopper Survey Project-2013/2014 – Helping...
This is one of the surveys we are using with the shopper/farmer survey project along the Mississippi Gulf Coast. Sorry-only review copies are available at this point-all of the surveys will be...
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The 25% shift
I am just finishing up a commentary for an online magazine in my original home of Cleveland, Ohio and to remember some details, I pulled out the Michael Shuman report “The 25% Shift: The Benefits of...
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VT Currency Report wins an American Graphic Design Awards 2013
Our Vermont Market Currency Report won a national design award, thanks to our amazing and patient designer Matt Hannigan, now working with GoodThree Design. I heartily recommend working with them on...
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How the Bitcoin protocol actually works and what that means for us
Complementary currencies fascinate me and recently the crypto currency bitcoin especially, as an example of a decentralized example designed to reduce the problem of inflation (although maybe not the...
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The Spread of Obesity in a Large Social Network over 32 Years — NEJM
Once again, the link between social influence and obesity is identified. Markets could conceivably use this more powerfully in “bring a friend” campaigns or by keeping healthy recipes at trusted vendor...
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New Nationwide Study Shows SNAP Incentives at Farmers’ Markets Boost Healthy...
From the conclusion: A minority of funds went unused. Possible reasons for this gap include that tokens were lost, misplaced, or reserved for a future visit that did not occur. Regardless, a loss in...
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Market Benefit and Incentives PPT-Vermont 2013 – Helping Public Markets Grow
Since I’m back in Vermont for the 2014 Direct Marketing Conference, I decided to upload the Power Point from the 2013 Wholesome Wave convening that Erin Buckwalter of NOFA-VT and I gave about the 2013...
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Food is political when there is not enough of it: Pollan on the movement of food
Just recently watched Michael Pollan’s 2012 food movement lecture for his students at UC Berkeley. Here are some notes from it: First, his context: 1. It’s an extremely young movement.The movement that...
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