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Farmers Market Associations of the world have come together to share best practices and encourage farmers markets around the globe

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Welcoming INI Innovation Network International to Our Coalition

updated on June 17, 2025June 17, 2025
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FMCOUNT! Campaign Moves Forward: We’re ready to count Farmers!

updated on June 17, 2025June 17, 2025
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How Farmers Markets Are Safeguarding Biodiversity

updated on June 17, 2025June 17, 2025
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Children’s Fair at EcoLocal Farmers Market Moldova – First Steps into Entrepreneurship for Young Creators in Chișinău

updated on June 12, 2025June 12, 2025
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World Farmers Markets Coalition to Speak at the 12th International Public Markets Conference

updated on June 6, 2025June 6, 2025
Experiences

Welcome to our new member from Democratic Republic of Congo – Convivium Slow Food Kisangani

updated on May 26, 2025May 26, 2025
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Director General’s Message – Common Roots, Shared Fruits: Laudato Si’, Fratelli Tutti, and the Promise of Farmers Markets.

updated on May 26, 2025May 26, 2025
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BIODIVERSITY DAY: FIRST FARMERS MARKET OPENS IN TUNIS

updated on May 26, 2025May 22, 2025
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Agricultural Biodiversity: The Key to Food Security and Sustainable Farming

updated on May 26, 2025May 21, 2025

Introducing World Farmers Markets Coalition

In July 2021, Farmers Market Associations from around the world were asked to support the formation of the World Farmers Markets Coalition. They heartily agreed and were subsequently asked to join Fondazione Campagna Amica to launch the World Farmers Markets Coalition with UN Deputy General Amina Mohammed in Rome at the flagship Circo Massimo farmers market, part of the Fondazione Campagna Amica network. Ghana, Georgia, Norway, Denmark, Canada, USA and, of course, Italy! What an honor to represent our countries and associations on such a noble mission. The UN has set “Zero Hunger” as one of the Sustainable Development Goals for 2030. We believe that farmers markets are a means to achieving that goal. We are inspired by our new friends from across the globe and by such hospitality from our hosts in Italy. In the words of our Secretary General Carmelo Troccoli: “We have no leaders, we are all leaders.” With this, we move forward in supporting and building farmers markets around the world.

FARMERS MARKETS COUNT!

Farmers Markets Count! (FMCOUNT!) is a global campaign celebrating farmers markets as vibrant hubs for healthy food, biodiversity, and community connection. Throughout the year, we’ll count Biodiversity: International Day for Biological Diversity (22 May – and surrounding days). Farmers:  World Rural Development Day (6 July – and surrounding days). Shoppers: World Food Day (16 October – and surrounding days). Discover more!

📅 Key Dates:
🌾 Biodiversity – May 22 (International Day for Biological Diversity)
🚜 Farmers – July 6 (World Rural Development Day)
🛍️ Shoppers – October 16 (World Food Day)

Register now and be part of the movement!

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updated on November 13, 2023November 9, 2023Experiences

Harvest Highlights: A Short Recap of WorldFMC’s Activities this October

US delegation joins Villaggio Coldiretti in Rome With support from the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs’ program, I Love Italy, the World Farmers Markets Coalition …

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updated on November 3, 2023October 31, 2023Experiences

Monthly Member Feature: Marche@ (Seoul, South Korea)

Guest post by Marche@ team 11 years and more at the Korean Farmers Market, Marche@ Marche@ was first held in October 2012 at the ARCO …

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updated on October 5, 2023October 4, 2023Experiences

Defining Our Terms: Reflections upon WorldFMC Academy Studio “What is a Farmers Market?”

We have a general sense of what farmers markets look like – an array of produce and other products displayed in stalls for customers to …

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updated on September 26, 2023September 26, 2023Experiences

Monthly Member Feature: Badaro Urban Farmers (Beirut, Lebanon)

A Sunday Morning with Badaro Urban Farmers Starting in November 2017, Badaro Urban Farmers (BUF) opened a market at College Saint Sauveur on Museum Street …

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updated on September 14, 2023September 11, 2023Experiences

Grønt Marked Becomes a Weekly Market! 

Guest article written by Owen Savage (Head of Communications at Grønt Marked) In August 2023, Grønt Marked celebrated the fact that they now have a …

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updated on July 31, 2023July 31, 2023Experiences

Monthly Member Feature: Feria de Productores (Guadalajara, Mexico)

This July, Feria de Productores is our featured member! The guest post below was written by Víctor Eduardo Flores Gutiérrez.  Feria de Productores is a …

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updated on August 1, 2023July 31, 2023Experiences

Taking Stock, Taking Action: Farmers Markets on the move at the UN Food Systems Summit +2

Written by WorldFMC President, Richard McCarthy In Rome, the World Farmers Markets Coalition not only participated in the recent United Nations Food Systems Summit (dubbed …

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updated on August 1, 2023July 31, 2023Experiences

World Farmers Markets Week Launches August 6th

On August 6th, we will begin our annual World Farmers Markets Week! Since 1999, the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) has declared the first …

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updated on July 11, 2023July 11, 2023Experiences

Real Food? Imitation Food? Let’s Restore the Intended Meaning of “Food”

An Organisational Response to the Arrival of Synthetic and Hyper-Processed foods Written by J. Robin Moon & Richard McCarthy Food is at the center of …

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updated on July 5, 2023June 29, 2023Experiences

Food Is Medicine, Food Is Health, Food Is Identity, Food Is Dignity, Food Is Trust

by Dr. J. Robin Moon, Head of Strategy, WorldFMC On June 20, I represented WorldFMC and spoke at the “Advancing Food Is Medicine Approaches” Summit …

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The reason we put so much care, love, and passion The reason we put so much care, love, and passion into it is because we believe in it. We believe that farmers’ markets can create communities that value collaboration and relationships and can change the planet.

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Here is the final video of the Second General Asse Here is the final video of the Second General Assembly of the World Farmers Markets Coalition which was held in Rome at the Mercato di Campagna Amica Circo Massimo. 

A revolutionary event where local food is at the center of the future of the planet. A healthy, safe and sustainable future.

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Heidi Kühn founder and CEO of Roots of Peace, win Heidi Kühn founder and CEO of Roots of Peace, winner of The World Food prize 2023 and nominated for the Peace Nobel Prize visited biodiversity exhibition shown by @arsial.lazio and @regionelazio.official during our World Farmers Markets Coalition General Assembly.
She appreciated variety and quality of all the products.

Thank you @heidithomaskuhn for your visit and participation 

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Here we are, all different and all the same, unite Here we are, all different and all the same, united by a single love: local food!

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#Egypt #MAMIproject #worldfmc 🇪🇬🌍 A new #Egypt #MAMIproject #worldfmc 🇪🇬🌍

A new training session for farmers and FM managers is taking place for the establishment of the first farmers’ market in Alexandria, Egypt. The MaMi project aims, starting from this first market, to create a network of farmers’ markets in Egypt. The coordinator in Egypt for the WFMC is the deputy director of the Alexandria Chamber of Commerce, Eman Seif, who has been following the project from the beginning. Present in Alexandria are Richard McCarthy and Robin Moon, while representing the Fondazione Campagna Amica is Giuseppe Stocchi.

* The lot you see below around the statue ( in Photo 5 )  is where the FM will be!

MAMi – Farmers Markets project, is an initiative financed by the Ministero degli Affari Esteri e della Cooperazione Internazionale and implemented by CIHEAMBari in collaboration with the World Farmers Markets Coalition and promoted by Coldiretti through the Fondazione Campagna Amica. It aims to provide technical support and capacity building for the development of new farmers markets as effective levers to revitalize rural communities, improve livelihoods for family farming and enhance the role of multifunctional agriculture in generating economic, social, and ecological benefits.
Farmers’ markets are the place to connect cities Farmers’ markets are the place to connect cities with the countryside, the place where farmers meet citizens.

Carmelo Troccoli - Director of @worldfarmersmarketscoalition 📸

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