The Mobile Market Summit will take place in Chapel Hill, NC March 13^th-14^th. The Summit brings together current and prospective mobile market practitioners from around the country, together with organizations, researchers, students, funders, and others who are interested in healthy food access programming and supporting mobile market work. A key goal of this annual conference is to encourage attendees to share experiences, fundraising models, best practices and more. Sessions and panels include learning opportunities centered on healthy food incentive programs, research and evaluation, market operations and logistics, Food as Medicine/Produce Prescriptions, tools for long-term success, and more. For more info and to register visit: https://www.myveggievan.org/2023-summit.html

 

Do you currently – or are you planning to – operate a mobile produce market? We want to hear from you! The National Mobile Market Survey, developed by the Veggie Van Training Center and Mobile Market Coalition, is an annual survey that provides national data on the economic growth, activities, opportunities, and challenges of mobile markets. The survey will take less than 30 minutes to complete. Access to financial records will help move the process along. Sharing your voice in the National Mobile Market survey is time well spent! Your responses will help us better capture the current number of mobile markets operating and will tell a story of how you’ve met the food access needs of your community. When combined with stories of other mobile markets across the country, this survey becomes a powerful tool that shapes how resources are distributed by funders, investors, and government decision makers. Thank you for helping us gather this information to better serve you and your mobile markets colleagues nationwide – data will inform a National Mobile Market Impact Report that can be used to support operations, grant writing, and advocacy efforts. We can’t wait to hear from you!  To take the survey please visit: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/XNR5Z63  Reach out to contactus@myveggievan.org with any questions.