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Thank you for joining our growing community of mobile produce market operators, researchers, and supporters on March 29-30, 2022 at the Mobile Market Summit.  Please check back throughout the year for 2023 Mobile Market Summit Updates.

Our 4th annual Summit was held in-person at the University at Buffalo (Buffalo, New York) with a virtual option available as well.

The Mobile Market Summit is a convening built for those operating or planning to open mobile produce markets, as well as researchers, funders, and supporters of mobile market work.
If you attended the Mobile Market Summit and would like access to a session's video, please contact us. In your email, please specify the session you would like access to. 

Mobile Market Summit 2022 Information 

Registration

In-person attendance is limited to 75 attendees.  The registration for in-person attendance will be open until the limit is reached.  There will not be a limit on the number of virtual attendees.  IN PERSON REGISTRATION IS CLOSED.  

Venue

 The Mobile Market Summit will be held at the beautiful University at Buffalo Center for Excellence in Bioinformatics and Life Sciences.  The address for the location is: 701 Ellicott St, Buffalo, NY 14203
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Virtual Option

All are welcome to join our community virtually for the entirety of Mobile Market Summit, utilizing the Whova platform.  All sessions will be live streamed and you will still be able to ask questions and network with other attendees, both in-person and virtual. 

Costs

The schedule of registration fees can be found below.  
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Schedule

The Summit will have live sessions from 11:00am-5:00pm EDT on Tuesday March 29 and Wednesday March 30.  There may be field trips or off-site visits for in-person attendees on the morning of March 30.
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Agenda

As we continue to navigate the ongoing pandemic and respond to subsequent changes in our food system, this year's Summit will include topics showing that Mobile Markets are a critical piece of food infrastructure. Sessions will cover such themes as metrics, fundraising, policy and advocacy, emerging technology, customer retention, food as medicine, and more.  Below you can view our schedule of events.  Alternatively, you can view a PDF of the schedule here.  This will continue to be updated with room information, Zoom links, and speakers as we get closer to the Summit.  
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Do you have any specific topics or challenges you are working through? We are hosting Solutions-oriented Roundtables through the Summit where you can workshop your challenge with others and leave with actionable solutions.  Be sure to mention these challenges in your registration form and yours may be chosen.
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​Keynote Address

​As mobile markets have responded to the Covid-19 pandemic, our role as critical food system infrastructure has only become more evident. Join us at the Mobile Market Summit where our Keynote Speaker, Lauren Clay, PhD, MPH will share her presentation titled “Disasters and Disruptions: Consequences and opportunities for food systems and food security.” She has research experience in individual, household, and community recovery from disaster.  She currently has several studies looking at food access and security during the COVID-19 pandemic, along with the effects of natural disasters including Hurricane Katrina and the Camp Fire.

​Full Speaker Bio below.
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​Lauren Clay is an Associate Professor and Department Chair of the Department of Emergency Health Services at University of Maryland, Baltimore County. Her research focuses on individual, household, and community recovery from disasters. She has studied Hurricanes Katrina, Sandy, Harvey, Florence, and Laura, the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill, the 2013 Moore, OK tornadoes, and the Camp Fire among other disasters and public health emergencies. Her expertise is in disaster disruption to the local food environment and food insecurity. Currently, she has several studies underway examining long-term recovery and public health impacts from Hurricane Katrina, food insecurity following Hurricane Florence and the Camp Fire, and several studies looking at food access and security during the COVID-19 pandemic. She co-chairs the national Healthy Eating Research (a program of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation)/Nutrition and Obesity Prevention Research and Evaluation Network (funded by CDC) COVID-19 Food & Nutrition Working Group and is a Data Ambassador for the NSF-funded Natural Hazards Engineering Research Infrastructure DesignSafe-Cyber Infrastructure cloud computing space for big data. From 2018-2020 she was an Early Career Research Fellow with the National Academies of Science, Engineering, and Medicine Gulf Research Program to study the post-disaster food environment. In 2021, she was awarded a National Science Foundation CAREER award focused on bolstering food system resilience to disasters and a USDA award to develop a disaster food security scale. She has a PhD in Disaster Science and Management from University of Delaware and a Master of Public Health from Drexel University.

Food

Lunch and snacks will be provided both days.  Additionally, a light breakfast will be provided on Wednesday March 30.  Accommodations will be made for dietary restrictions.

Lodging

Wyndham Garden Buffalo Downtown is the host hotel for our event and .3 miles from the Summit space.  You can reserve your room by calling them at their reservation line (877) 999-3223 or guests can book directly online on the Wyndham website .  
  
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COVID-19

The venue is on the University at Buffalo campus, and we will follow University guidance and requirements. You can see the latest University updates here.
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Travel

The closest airport is Buffalo Niagara International Airport (BUF).  Public Transportation in addition to ride-share such as Uber or Lyft is available to get to the downtown venue and lodging. 
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Sponsors/ Exhibitors

We would like to thank our sponsors for making this year's Mobile Market Summit possible.

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​Activate Food Arizona
Fresh Stop Bus, HEBNI
Point32Health Foundation, Harvard Pilgrim Health Care, Tufts Health Plan
Buffalo Niagara Medical Campus

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      • Program Expansion Phase
      • Lessons Learned
      • Research Study Phase
    • Running a Mobile Market >
      • Assess Interest
      • Create Partnerships
      • Develop Market Model >
        • Food Sourcing
        • Customers and Pricing
        • Vehicles and Equipment Resources >
          • Choose a Vehicle
          • Retrofit a Vehicle
          • Supplies and Equipment
      • Working with Host Sites >
        • Site Recruitment
        • Community Engagement >
          • Customer Newsletter
        • Social Media Marketing >
          • Connect with your target audience
          • Make a plan and assess results
          • Available Resources for Social Media
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          • Food Procurement
          • Mobile Market Set-up
        • Educational Materials >
          • Produce Information
          • Nutrition Curriculum >
            • Snacks
            • Healthy Fats, Healthy Heart
            • Making Meals Go Further
            • Eating Local & In Season
            • Choose MyPlate
            • Fruits & Veggies Matter​
            • Choosing Healthy Proteins
            • Food Labels
            • Whole Grains
            • What's for Breakfast?
            • Cut Out The Sugar​
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