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The Med EMPORION Project supports food markets and market culture, promoting connection and exchange between cities with relevant food markets in the Mediterranean. Research, pilot projects, and open activities like Food Festivals will help the creation of permanent links, awareness raising about their social role as important placemakers and the improvement of their quality and services. Read more [+]
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08-05-2012
SYMPOSIUM OF MEDITERRANEAN FOOD MARKETS IN BARCELONA
The Barcelona Institute of Markets is organising the “Symposium of Mediterranean Food Markets and 8th Symposium of the Food Markets of Barcelona”, an International Congress which is to take place in Barcelona on June 4-5.
The encounter is the closing event of the European Union Med Emporion Project, led by the City of Barcelona - with the participation of Turin, Genova and Marseilles – and aimed at developing and promoting food markets.
30-03-2012
Porta Palazzo research – part two
The conclusion of our research on the Porta Palazzo market
21-11-2011
230.000 VISITORS TO THE SECOND EDITION OF THE FAIR " MARKET OF MARKETS"
The Fair “Market of Markets” (Mercat de Mercats in its original name) has celebrated its second Edition the last 21 to 23rd October in Barcelona. The Fair, that was an initiative born in the frame of the MED EMPORION project, has decided its reediting after the great success it had in terms of enthusiasm showed by participants and visitors.
Now, the second edition figures show a 30% increase in number of visitors, business generated (increase in 20% of sales) and even a bigger media impact, thus consolidating the Fair as a unique gastronomic date in the city.
10-11-2011
THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE LINK BETWEEN CUSTOMERS AND PRODUCERS ON FARMERS’ MARKETS IN MARSEILLE: A CHALLENGE FOR THERE EXISTENCES
This masters’s thesis is about five Farmers’ Markets in Marseille: the Cours Julien market was created in 2001, Gavotte’s one in 2004, Saint Pierre’s one in 2005, the Toursky and Belle de Mai ones in 2010. These commercial spaces are dedicated to the distribution of local products by producers who sell directly to urban consumers.
This study starts off with an analysis of the socio-historical context in which these markets were developed and the roles of various agents during their construction. Contrary to the major part of the theories concerning alternative initiatives in the agro-food system, the development of Farmers’ Markets in Marseille is not the result of the will of consumers. Indeed, the first Farmers’ Market aroused from the encounter between producers who claimed to sell at a fair price their products, and urban organisation who wished to bring a new dynamic to their district. The Cours Julien market is considered to be a victory of the farmer’s local economic system on the globalised conventional networks. It became a model for the other agents and inspired the creation of new Farmers’ Markets in the city.