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A Plan for a Farmers-Only Market in Toronto

By ksalay@pps.org on Nov 30, 2006 | Add Comment

“Bob Chorney wants to put farmers back in farmers’ markets.

The executive director of Farmers’ Markets Ontario is tired of so-called “hucksters” who simply resell produce they’ve purchased wholesale and then pass it off as their own at markets — often undercutting the prices of career farmers.

So Chorney is pitching a certified market for [...]

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Edinburgh’s Farmers’ Market Rated Best in Britain

By ksalay@pps.org on Nov 27, 2006 | Add Comment

“It boasts hot porridge doused in whisky, fresh ostrich meat, organic beers and hunks of wild boar, and it nestles under the battlements of one of the country’s most imposing castles. Welcome to the farmers’ market in Edinburgh, officially crowned as the best in Britain.

Now six years old, the Edinburgh market is one of [...]

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Healthy Foods, Strong Communities

By ksalay@pps.org on Nov 27, 2006 | Add Comment

Community groups and politicians are creating new strategies to bring fresh foods into low-income neighborhoods.

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Farmers Markets a Growing Business in Melbourne, FL

By ksalay@pps.org on Nov 20, 2006 | Add Comment

Eau Gallie organizers initially hoped to attract 200 people to their first farmers market. Their estimates were a bit off, and between !,400 – 2,000 people attended the opening day.

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Youths’ Businesses Bloom at Farmers Market

By ksalay@pps.org on Oct 10, 2006 | Add Comment

The farmers market in Carlisle (MA) is an example of how markets can become an incubator for creative products and marketing ideas hatched by youths.

Because farmers markets are less bureaucratic and less strictly regulated than other sales venues, they provide an ideal venue for young people to try out their sales and marketing skills.

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Position Available: Transportation and Placemaking Project Manager,

By ksalay@pps.org on Oct 10, 2006 | Add Comment

PPS is seeking a Transportation and Placemaking Project Manager in its transportation line of business. Candidates should have experience in several of the following areas: transportation and land use planning and/or policy, TOD, transportation facility design, public participation and facilitation, community development, redevelopment and real estate development market analysis. The selected candidate will report to [...]

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Report on NYC Street Vendors

By ksalay@pps.org on Oct 5, 2006 | 1 Comment

“The Street Vendor Project released a report that demonstrates that NYC vendors are tax-paying entrepreneurs who, despite their hard work, struggle below the poverty line due to harassment and over-regulation. As everyone knows, some of the biggest businesses in NYC got their start as pushcarts on the Lower East Side. Sadly, those kinds of success stories are virtually unimaginable [...]

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Cycling Safety Initiative at Farmers Market

By ksalay@pps.org on Oct 4, 2006 | 3 Comments

A farmers market in Petershead, in the UK, is sponsoring a cycle safety initiative.  Road safety advisors will check bicycles for safety, and will distribute leaflets to kids.

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2007 Rudy Bruner Award – Call for Entries

By ksalay@pps.org on Sep 27, 2006 | Add Comment

CALL FOR ENTRIES

2007 RUDY BRUNER AWARD

About the Rudy Bruner Award:

The Rudy Bruner Award is given to urban places that demonstrate the successful integration of effective process, meaningful values and good design. RBA winners are distinguished by their social, economic and contextual contributions to the urban environment, and often provide innovative solutions [...]

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PPS Studies Anchorage’s Market

By ksalay@pps.org on Sep 19, 2006 | Add Comment

An extensive study conducted by Project for Public Spaces of Anchorage’s popular weekend open market concludes that it works well in its present location, but should grow to interact more with the rest of the downtown area.

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Farmers Adapting to Changing Times

By ksalay@pps.org on Sep 19, 2006 | Add Comment

“Just five years ago, fruit farmers William Schober Sons Inc. sold all their apples, peaches and nectarines on the wholesale market and dealt with the low prices they often got for the produce.

This season, the Monroeville farm only sold about 40 percent of the farm’s crop to wholesalers. Next season, it could be even [...]

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New Orleans’ French Market Breaks Ground on Shed Restoration

By ksalay@pps.org on Aug 28, 2006 | Add Comment

“After three years of studying ways to restore the authenticity of New Orleans’ renowned open-air market, members of the French Market Corp. and the City Council broke ground Thursday on a $5 million project to revitalize the French Quarter landmark.

The two-phase project, which will take between eight to 10 months to complete, will include [...]

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