Articles & Papers on Public Markets

If you have an article or paper you'd like to see published on this site, contact Kelly Williams at (212) 620-5660.

Community & Economic Development and Markets

• A New Kind of Market Economics

  Three ambitious projects launch low-income entrepreneurs on the road to success.

Environment

• Fighting Global Warming at the Farmers Market: The Role of Local Food Systems in Reducing Greenhouse Gas Emissions

  Stephen Bentley and Ravenna Barker, FoodShare Field to Table, April 2005

Farming

• A Comeback for Small Farms: Many Professionals Are Giving Up Keyboards For a ‘Dirt-in-the Fingernail’ Life and Possible Profit

  Patrick Jonsson, The Christian Science Monitor, February 9, 2006

• Hmong Farmers Are Helped By One of Their Own

  Tracy Sellers, California Country Magazine, California Farm Bureau Federation

General

• Local Public Markets - National Transformation

  Congressman Earl Blumenauer, October 31, 2005. Closing Plenary from the 6th International Public Market Conference

• The Sensuous Shopper

  Confessions of a man who cannot get enough fresh tomatoes.

• Ten Qualities of Successful Public Markets

  100 well-tested tips on how you can create your own great market.

• Markets at Their Best

  Public markets are an essential building block of great cities--in the same way as parks, streets, and buildings. This gallery of historic and contemporary photos shows why.

Health

• For the Health of It

  Farmers markets boost the prospects of low-income communities with fresh, wholesome food.

• Healthy Food, Healthy Communities: Improving Access and Opportunities Through Food Retailing

  Fall 2005

Markets and Hospitals

• Farmers Markets on Hospital Grounds, Health Care Without Harm

  April 2006

Historical

• Public Markets and the City: A Historical Perspective

  Helen Tangires, October 30, 2005. From the 6th International Public Market Conference

Placemaking and Markets

• How Markets Can Turn a Place Around

  Three ways to make sure there's a "there" there.

• The Great Revival of Public Markets

  America's future may be small vendors as much as big boxes.

• Granville Island: One of the World's Great Places

  In the heart of Vancouver, this lively mix of arts, parks, and markets leads off our new hall of fame for great neighborhoods and districts.

• ‘Heads up’ Versus ‘Heads Down’ Retail: The Missing Link between Good Public Spaces and Good Markets?

  Markets work to create great public spaces and vice versa. But what exactly is it about markets that make them successful public spaces? Will Fulford, site manager of London's Camden Lock Market, researched that question and presents the results in this report.

Urban Agriculture

• East New York Farms: Youth Participation in Community Development and Urban Agriculture

  Yvonne Hung, Department of Environmental Psychology, City University of New York

• A Growing Opportunity

  Urban agriculture takes root in empty lots and abandoned spaces. Don Butler, The Ottawa Citizen, June 18, 2006

• The Effect of Community Gardens on Neighboring Property Values

  Vicki Been and Ioan Voicu, NYU Center for Law and Economics, March 2006

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