Event
24 July 2021
Italy's foremost farmers market network, Campagna Amica, is hosting a major event in the world of public markets with UN Deputy Secretary Amina J. Mohammed, on the eve of the United Nations Sustainable Food Summit preparatory meetings in Rome, Italy. With research spearheaded by Marcello De Rosa, professor in the Department of Economics and Law at the University of Cassino and Southern Lazio, it represents the most up-to-date and wide-reaching geographic scope of farmers market research in decades. It covers Italy, USA, Denmark, Norway, UK, Japan, Ghana, and Australia. Practitioners would be pleased to know that practitioners play a major role in the methodological design and data collection processes. I played a small role. However, I am big on why this study matters. It has captured the attention of the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) Food Coalition program; and it has triggered the launch of an ambitious peer-to-peer network of farmers market practitioners, vendors, and enthusiasts modeled, in part, on the USA Farmers Market Coalition. In the hunt for partners, the timing of this initiative could not come at a better time for other like-minded efforts that are also gaining momentum (most notably the Market Cities Initiative). Stay tuned for more details. If you are in Rome, join farmer Ben Burkett, me and an assembly from around the world:
Saturday, 24 July 2021
Circo Massimo Market, via di San Teodoro 74
9:30am