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Each season, the Crescent Fund entertains proposals to fund projects that benefit vendors, shoppers and/or the community. We have created a pool of funds for social investment at the market. The Crescent Fund will disperse cash investments each quarter for up to $500. These cash infusions will be returned to the market after 6 months through time, talent or treasure.
Since our first map ("This Little Piggy") in 1997, Crescent City Farmers Market has spread the gospel of food production with maps for those want to know where to support the local food system. In 2005, we worked with New Orleans Food and Farm Network on the post-Katrina Food Map and now in 2010, have lent support to the Open Green Map Project for New Orleans.
Join us in welcoming author and food advocate, Marion Nestle (Food Politics and What to Eat), to New Orleans as a part of a lecture series hosted by the Louisiana State University Health Science Center School of Public Health (LSUHSC SPH) and marketumbrella.org. LSU has funding from the Pfizer Foundation to host a lecture series entitled, "Moments in Leadership." To start 2010, they are showcasing Dr. Nestle's extensive work in food systems and connecting it to work locally in the New Orleans region.
Learning, sharing and growing, marketumbrella.org cultivates community markets that utilize local resources to bolster authentic local traditions. We believe that ambitious social, health, environmental and financial goals are achieved if trust and respect are present. We envision communities of market umbrellas, like flowers in the field, opening all over the world for the public good. marketumbrella.org is an independent nonprofit 501(c)(3).