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10 Host a farmers market

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Photo: Sara Hammerschmidt

Evidence Based Strategies

  • Host a farmers market on site, particularly in neighborhoods where demand for healthy foods is not met.
  • Help make farmers markets more affordable by supporting pay-as-you can policies, and encourage or require vendors to accept Electronic Benefit Transfer (EBT) and similar payment programs.

 Best Practice Strategies

  • Develop flexible spaces such as public plazas that can be used for farmers markets. The most desirable sites are highly visible and accessible, have significant existing foot traffic, and can accommodate parking for farmers’ trucks.
  • Facilitate the delivery of fresh produce baskets directly from farmers or farmers markets to tenants in office buildings and multifamily settings; for example, host a community-supported agriculture program.

Erin Christensen Ishizaki

Associate Principal, Mithun
Seattle, Washington
 
  • What inspires me most is getting to know a community’s unique DNA: climate, identity, culture, and place. Design with health and quality of life in mind is the ultimate in responsive, user-focused design. To me, innovations through evidence-based design are an exciting way to provide new choices and living environments that have a multitude of benefits—resilience, equity, human connections, and well-being.

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Acknowledgements

The Center for Active Design served as contributing author and expert content advisor for this project.
The project was supported by the Colorado Health Foundation, the estate of Melvin Simon, and the ULI Foundation.

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