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A curated dispatch on all things public markets plus the latest announcements from the Market Cities Program.
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Agenda
Dec 31, 2008
May 1, 2024
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Schedule at a Glance
Friday October 28
All Day
Registration at the Mayflower Hotel
6pm
Welcome Reception, The Patio, US Department of Agriculture, Washington, DC
With special thanks to the US Department of Agriculture
Welcome Keynote given by Lloyd Day, Administrator, Agricultural Marketing Services, US Department of Agriculture
Saturday October 29
8am - 9am
Opening Key Note Session:
Clarence H. Carter, Deputy Administrator, Food Stamp Program, US Department of Agriculture
9.30am - 5pm
Market Tours:
Baltimore
Washington
7.30pm
Party at Eastern Market, Washington, DC ($40 per person)
Celebrate Halloween style at Eastern Market's Gallery 5. Drinks, buffet dinner, and the "best jazz in town" by the Market 5 Jazz Band. Thanks to John Harrod and his team, and Friends of Market 5.
Sunday October 30
7.30am - 8.30am
Breakfast tour of Dupont Circle Farmers Market, Washington, DC
9am - 10.30am
Sessions:
Markets 101
Markets and Youth Programs
Forging New Partnerships
11am - 12.30pm
Sessions:
Placemaking
Attracting New Vendors to Diversify your Market
Starting up a New Market
1pm - 1.45pm
Brown Bag Lunch
Topics:
Risk Management and Liability Insurance for Farmers' Markets
Managers Roundtable
The National Farmers' Market Survey (US)
2pm - 3.30pm
Sessions:
Understanding Your Customer and Creating a Great Shopping Destination
Measuring Economic Impact: building the case for your market
Gentrification - Friend or Foe? Public Markets in "Shifting Sands" Communities
4pm - 5.30pm
Sessions:
Public Markets and Public Health: "Visit a market and call me in the morning!"
10 Top Tips to Market Your Market
Why Markets Fail?
6.30pm
2005 Great Public Market Awards Reception at the Mayflower Hotel
Monday October 31
7.15am - 8.45am
Farmers Market Coalition Policy Summit over breakfast, "From Field to Neighborhood: The Benefits of Farmers' Markets"
9am - 10.30am
Sessions:
FMC Workshop: "Putting Our Money Where Our Mouths Are"
Benefits of Connecting Microenterprise Development and Marketplaces
Financing: Budgets, Subsidies, Grants and Loans
11am - 12.30pm
Sessions:
Special Session: Assessing and Rebuilding Markets in the Gulf
Federal, Private and Foundation Partnerships Supporting Public Markets
The Next Generation: Markets as Anchors for Local Food Systems
1pm - 1.45pm
Brown Bag Lunch
Topics:
Kellogg and Ford Grant Funding - General Q&A
How to Enroll Your Market in the Electronic Benefits Transfer (EBT) Program
2pm - 3pm
Closing Plenary: "Local Public Markets - National Transformation"
Congressman Earl Blumenauer, Representative of the Third Congressional District of Oregon
3pm
Conference Ends
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