Earth Markets
What is an Earth Market?
Earth Markets are made up of communities of producers and food artisans who gather to promote local products and introduce them to consumers. They are also meeting places—hubs where producers and other activists come to learn and teach about a more just and sustainable food system.
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What We Do
Open access to short supply chain products, local, seasonal, made with respect for the environment and workers’ rights.
Create and support market opportunities for small-scale producers who are normally excluded from conventional commercial channels.
Promote dialogues between producers and consumers.
Create communal places for knowledge exchange and the transmission of know-how, for the education of taste and correct nutrition, as well as for the training of aware citizens.
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What You Can Do
As a Consumer
You can support our network of Earth Markets by visiting them, buying from local producers and joining their Slow Food Communities.
Find your nearest Earth Market
As a Producer
Reach out to your Earth Market coordinator, join the Slow Food Community and sell your products there. If you’re interested in setting up an Earth Market, you can create one by gathering other producers.
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As a Cook
Support Earth Markets by connecting with local producers and making yourself available to organize show-cooking and educational activities.
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As an Institution or Municipality
Endorse the creation of an Earth Market and support the local producers of your area.
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How To Set Up An Earth Market
If there’s already an Earth Market in your area, you can apply to become part by completing this nomination. If not, here’s how to set one up yourself.
These are contained in the project’s International Guidelines and the Slow Food Exhibitor Selection Criteria.
At the heart of every Earth Market there must be a Slow Food Community that involves all those who participate, from the producers who are part of it, to members of the Slow Food Convivium, cooks, representatives of institutions and other associations, and consumers.
To become a Slow Food Community requires that all Market members sign the founding declaration online, which can be created online by a spokesperson on the provided platform by registering at this link.
The application is made trough the market application form, read thoroughly, complete it and send it to: [email protected]
Download the market application form.
Exhibitors at the Market must fill in a brief information form. This can be done online or by downloading the form and sending it, completed, to [email protected]
Download the exhibitor information collection form.
Once the application has been verified as appropriate, Slow Food approves the market’s entry into the network, grants the use of the Earth Market brand and plans the official launch for communication.
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