Where We Work
Crescent Fund
Crescent City
Farmers Market
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Since 1995, marketumbrella.org has spent its efforts on running, studying and encouraging public markets In New Orleans and beyond. Before August of 2005, the 4 weekly Crescent City Farmers Markets, a holiday fair trade market called Festivus and the seasonal shrimper road show known as the White Boot Brigade kept the organization busy, as well as fielding informal calls and emails from other markets. From 1996-2005, over a dozen regional markets and another dozen nationally used the examples and insight from marketumbrella.org staff to build their knowledge.
Area shrimpers and fishers intersted in direct marketing their products attend an information fair; the event will allow shrimpers to share new ideas involving direct marketing and food handling of wild-caught seafood.
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.
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).