City of Toronto to host 11th International Public Markets Conference in 2023
Posted: September 1, 2022
Categories: Events / GoodFoodBites
The City of Toronto has been selected to host the 11th International Public Markets Conference, taking place next summer from June 8 to 10, 2023, at various locations throughout Toronto.
City staff and public market partners have worked together to secure this important conference for Toronto, which will showcase the city’s strong market network and help further develop public markets for Toronto communities.
The Conference will be co-hosted by Project for Public Space with the City of Toronto, the City’s St. Lawrence Market and Market City TO.
The three-day event will convene more than 300 leaders in public markets from across the globe.
Since the inaugural Public Markets Conference in Seattle in 1987, the event has become a celebrated forum for convening strategic partners in the fields of public health, community development, food systems and social policy.
The City and its host partners expect to leverage the conference to:
- Showcase, promote and increase education about the role of public markets in inclusive local economies
- Celebrate market managers and vendors, especially Black, Indigenous and People of Color (BIPOC) leaders, advancing incredible work in the neighborhoods impacted by marginalization
- Work towards and announce the adoption of the Toronto Public Market Strategy and declare a Public Market Week to promote all public markets across Toronto
- Advocate for more resources and better policies for public markets
- Build local capacity, identify barriers and find ways to remove them to increase participation in markets and provide leadership opportunities, especially for BIPOC market managers and entrepreneurs
Read more in the City of Toronto’s news release.
You can also learn more on the Golden Horseshoe Food and Farming Alliance’s (GHFFA) blog; the GHFFA will be sponsoring a tour of farmers’ markets as part of the conference.