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Champs-Elysees Transformed Into Giant Farm

By Craig Raphael on May 24, 2010 | 7 Comments

Paris’ most famous street has become a moo-ving thoroughfare.

In a stunning transformation of public space, nearly one mile of the Champs-Elysees has been converted into a urban farm with 8,000 green plots showcasing more than 150,000 plants, flowers and even fully-grown trees from across France. Cattle, sheep, goats and even the prized Lamousin pig [...]

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Can “Hybrid” Markets Address America’s Food Access Woes?

By Craig Raphael on May 14, 2010 | 1 Comment

One of the most pressing issues facing low-income communities today is access to fresh, healthy food. In recent years, supermarkets have been touted as a “silver bullet” that offer the dual promise of jobs and healthy produce. But as Michel Nischan, director of the Wholesome Wave Foundation, points out in a [...]

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Mobile Food Carts on a Roll

By Project for Public Spaces on Mar 3, 2010 | Add Comment

Holly Whyte wrote in The Social Life of Small Urban Spaces, “If you want to seed a place with activity, put out food…Food attracts people who attract more people.” Mobile food carts often act as temporary destinations and gathering places for the culinarily curious; they also increase the number of reasons that people have to [...]

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Good Magazine on the Public Market Renaissance

By Robin Lester on Jul 9, 2009 | 2 Comments

The resurgence of public markets in the United States was the subject of an interesting post on the Good Magazine website recently, focusing on the history of public markets, their decline and recent resurgence.  Once the place to go for fresh food, local commerce and socialization, public markets declined with the advent of [...]

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High Hopes for Low Income, Neighborhood Markets

By kwilliams on May 14, 2009 | 1 Comment

Food access, especially for lower-income neighborhoods, is a hot topic these days. Those of us who work in the field of markets and food issues know that there are many communities suffering from a lack of fresh, healthy food – especially fruits and vegetables. In return, these communities are experiencing rising rates of [...]

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Top Ten Responsibilties of Public Markets

By Robin Lester on Apr 26, 2009 | 4 Comments

In the Opening Plenary of the conference, attendees were asked to brainstorm in small groups around the question, “What are the roles and responsibilities of public markets in reconnecting communities and local economies?”  Answers were written onto index cards, and collected throughout the three-day conference.

At Closing Plenary, the top ten answers – [...]

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