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Each season, the Crescent Fund entertains proposals to fund projects that benefit vendors, shoppers and/or the community. We have created a pool of funds for social investment at the market. The Crescent Fund will disperse cash investments each quarter for up to $500. These cash infusions will be returned to the market after 6 months through time, talent or treasure.
As you may know, National Farmers Market Week is August 2nd-8th this summer, and the Farmers Market Coalition wants to help you get ready! In celebration of this 10th annual event, FMC is launching "Markets Are Up!," a campaign designed to provide tools you can use at the local level to talk about the many benefits of farmers markets. Using three messages-- Healthy Investment, Green Economy, and Market Value, these resources will help you reinforce the message of farmers markets being good for farmers, for consumers, and for communities.
We are pleased to announce a new partnership between marketumbrella.org and WWNO-89.9 FM radio to air a weekly taste of all things fresh and fanciful at farmers markets in the Greater New Orleans region.
Learning, sharing and growing, marketumbrella.org cultivates community markets that utilize local resources to bolster authentic local traditions. We believe that ambitious social, health, environmental and financial goals are achieved if trust and respect are present. We envision communities of market umbrellas, like flowers in the field, opening all over the world for the public good. marketumbrella.org is an independent nonprofit 501(c)(3).