Australian farmers, Garry Stephenson Coordinator of the Small Farms Program at Oregon State University, Stacy Miller, Farmers Market Coalition Executive Director and Jane Adams, the Australian farmers market organization founder talk about the growth of farmers markets in both countries. The market movement in Australia has grown in their first 10 years to 150 markets nationwide and this interview examines the growth concerns in both countries. Jane Adams speaks well on the criteria Aussie markets employ and being able to “buy dinner” and on the size of the markets versus diversity of products. Australian organizers will be in the U.S. at the end of the month to share their lessons and will attend the Community Food Security Coalition conference November 5-8 in Oakland CA.
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Darlene Wolnik
Community activist, public market consultant and writer
Working since the 1980s on social change issues while encouraging civic activity across North America. I live in the Gumbo Nation (New Orleans) and raised here some but mostly in Buckeye Nation (Cleveland). I provide support and consulting for localized food systems, especially farmers markets. Bicycling, clean water, pocketbook issues, true wealth generation, reanimating public spaces and direct action democracy are also within my focus. Have blogged for a decade, have published essays and non-fiction since 2001.
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