Nairobi Farmers Market Turns One: A Year of Community, Connection, and Sustainable Food
By Carmelo Troccoli We are proud to celebrate the first anniversary of Farmers Market Nairobi, a milestone that represents far…
World Pizza Day: A Local Tradition, A Global Heritage
Pizza is one of the most beloved foods worldwide. Born in Italy, it has become a global culinary phenomenon, reinterpreted…
From Insight to Impact: Tools for Learning, Strengthening, and Growing Your Market
Ensuring a farmers market flourishes in today’s complex environment is a challenge worth tackling. Many markets thrive on dedicated producers…
FMCOUNT! Campaign – Farmers Markets Count When It Comes to Shoppers
In 2025, in occasion of World Food Day (October 16), the World Farmers Markets Coalition counted farmers at farmers markets…
Embrace 2026 or brace yourself for 2026?
December 2025 President’s Message The World Farmers Markets Coalition emerged amidst the scary and heady days of the COVID-19 pandemic….
AI and Farmers Markets: Opportunity, Limits, and the Human Core
Farmers markets have always been about people. They are places where food is not anonymous, where stories travel with vegetables,…
International Year of the Woman Farmer 2026: Recognizing the Women Who Feed the World
In 2026, the world will turn its attention to the women who sustain our food systems every day. The United…
Reaching New Customers: How Farmers Markets in Latin America Are Expanding Their Impact
The last Academy Studio of the year focused on exploring how farmers markets in Latin America are developing and adapting…
Italian Cooking: A Shared Heritage of Humanity
Written by Director General Carmelo Troccoli. On December 10, 2025, UNESCO officially inscribed Italian cooking on its Representative List of…
Farmers Markets in Italy and Around the World: Putting Local Food on the Political Agenda
A few weeks ago, at the Coldiretti Village in Bologna, we hosted a dynamic panel exploring how farmers markets can…
Why You Should Join the Next Academy Studio: Growing Your Customer Base in Farmers Markets
Expanding the reach of a farmers market is no small feat. Many markets thrive on loyal customers, the “true believers”,…
Friends of the Earth Award 2025: Eman Seif’s Impact on Egyptian Women Farmers
Agriculture can be a powerful space of dignity, inclusion, and environmental stewardship, a place where new cultures of respect take…
Building Bridges, Growing Communities: A Message from the Director General
At the heart of the World Farmers Markets Coalition lies a vibrant and diverse constituency, one that reflects the richness…
Kuni in Practice: Farmers Markets and the Reimagining of Japan’s Urban–Rural Bond
Japanese Farmers Markets WorldFMC President Richard McCarthy met with farmers market leaders who attended the 2025 General Assembly in Rome…
Integrating Peru’s Megadiversity into Sustainable Food Systems: Our Contribution to a Powerful Dialogue at the International Treaty Side Event
At the recent side event “Integrating Peru’s Megadiversity into Sustainable Food Systems: Scaling Up Successes from Food Processing and Other…
FMCOUNT! Campaign – Farmers Markets Count When It Comes to Farmers
In 2025, in occasion of World Rural Development Day (July 6), the World Farmers Markets Coalition counted farmers at farmers…
Québec’s Public Markets: Pillars of Local Food Systems With Over $430M in Direct Sales
PRESS RELEASE Trois-Rivières, November 10, 2025 — The Association des marchés publics du Québec (AMPQ) held the first-ever National Forum…
From Rome to the World: Farmers Markets as Catalysts for Local Food Leadership
Article by Richard McCarthy Italians cherish October in Rome. They even have a special name for it: Ottobrata Romana. It…
The Third WorldFMC General Assembly: A Success by Everyone, for Everyone
Article by Carmelo Troccoli The third General Assembly of the World Farmers Markets Coalition (WorldFMC) marked an important milestone in…
Building the Future of Food Systems Together: Reflections from Our Third General Assembly
During the recent Third General Assembly of the World Farmers Markets Coalition, we gathered with our global network to explore…
