marketumbrella.org

As we continue to grow, marketumbrella.org remains committed to foraging new relationships between supply and demand via its public markets system. We are looking for a full-time staff person with relevant experience who will be responsible for producer applications, database management, outreach and marketing. If you, or anyone you know, are interested in working for a small nonprofit with a big impact, check out this job description!

Executive director Richard McCarthy and marketshare director Darlene Wolnik are leading a small team of agricultural leaders from the Louisiana and Mississippi Gulf Coast to Slow Food's biannual Terra Madre assembly in Torino, Italy. Joining the marketumbrella.org directors and on behalf of Slow Food New Orleans are Dr. Carrie Castille, Deputy Assistant Commissioner for the Louisiana Department of Agriculture and Forestry and Kiln, Mississippi rare breeds herdsman Justin Pitts.

We will be accepting entries for Gulf Coast fishing families to share their expertise about sustainable fishing or innovative marketing techniques with the world. Go Fish on Film is a Kellogg Foundation supported project designed to showcase the techniques used by the leaders among the hard-hit fishing community. Selected fishers will be paid as actors and writers to participate in the production of short films that will be uploaded on web-based video channels and offered via DVD.