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                                                  2023  I  CHAPEL HILL, NC
Our 5th annual Summit will be on March 13 and 14th, 2023 in Chapel Hill, North Carolina 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.

​Check back for frequent updates on speakers, agenda, and more.

2023 Mobile Market Summit Information

REGISTRATION
In-person registration is now closed.

Virtual Option
Virtual registration is now closed​.
Venue
The 2023 Mobile Market Summit will be held at the University of North Carolina Friday Conference Center in Chapel Hill, NC. The address for the Friday Center is 100 Friday Center Dr, Chapel Hill, NC 27517.

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Schedule
Live Sessions
March 13th:   10am - 5pm

Join us for Happy Hour at the Tobacco Road Sports Café on March 13th from 6p-8pm!
Click here to check out the Café

​March 14th:   8:30am - 4:15pm

The Mobile Market Rodeo is 8:30am-10:30 am on Tuesday, March 14th

Check out the document below for more information about The Mobile Market Rodeo:
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Mobile Market Rodeo Information
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Food
Light breakfast, lunch and snacks will be provided by the UNC Friday Center each day. You will have an opportunity when registering to share any dietary restrictions that the Friday Center will accommodate. 

UNC Campus has a large variety of food option. Check out this link for sustainable, local food options not far from the Friday Center.
Lodging
Courtyard by Marriott Chapel Hill is the recommended hotel for our event and is located .3 miles from the Summit space.
​We have secured a room block and a discounted rate of $144.00/night.
Click here to book your room
Aloft Chapel Hill is another great option for lodging. This hotel is located 1 mile from the Friday Center. 
Travel
 The closest airport is Raleigh Durham International Airport (RDU). Options to get to the venue and lodging include: 

Taking a Taxi – Call (919) 333-3333 for any airport-related taxi needs. Walk-up taxi service is available at both terminals in the taxi zones.  
 
Uber/Lyft - Request an Uber or Lyft ride to pick you up. A ride can be scheduled ahead of time or called upon arrival.  If you plan to request a ride when you arrive, we recommend creating an account with Uber/Lyft beforehand and downloading the app.

GoTriangle - This is the public transportation system in the Research Triangle in North Carolina. The link takes you to a trip planner where you can put in any origin and destination address and it will provide an itinerary using the NC public transit system.

Follow the directions below or download/print the itinerary to get from the Raleigh Durham airport to the Friday Center.
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- Head to Terminal 2 Zone 6 in the RDU airport
- Take the bus at this location to the GoTriangle Transit Center (RTC) & RTP Connect
- Take Bus Line 800 to Chapel Hill via Southpoint
- The Friday Center is an 8 minute walk from this destination
Check out the document below for some more information about travel to and from the Friday Center along with some attractions in the Chapel Hill area!​
Getting Around Chapel Hill
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Speakers
Erin White

​Keynote Address:

On Innovation, Creativity, and Thinking Big: Design thinking habits and the massive complexity of community food security. 

​How might the ideas behind design thinking foster the game-changing food access impact our communities need? Community food programs of any size struggle with competing pressures and difficulty staying balanced, accountable, and impactful. Starting from a place of empathy, this presentation hopes to inspire and empower with stories and strategies centered on a human-centered, values-based approach to changemaking.

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Biography:
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A native of North Carolina, Erin White is a designer, entrepreneur, and teacher working for healthy food systems. From 2012 to 2022 he led Community Food Lab - a creative practice asking what it means to design for the complicated territory of food systems. Methods for designing a future food system included street-level participatory installations, envisioning radical shifts in city-region food economies, and supporting projects from community farms and food hubs to urban agriculture policy and food security plans. In Fall of 2022 he transitioned back to school at NC State University as a PhD student in Design and instructor in design thinking and architecture, where he plans to continue research into the ways design thinking and resilient food systems intersect. He co-founded a food council for Wake County, NC, started a garden meet-up in his neighborhood, and habitually takes on too many carpentry projects.

Scholarships
At this time, all available scholarship funding has been dispersed. 
COVID-19
The venue is on the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill campus. We will follow University guidance and requirements. You can see the latest University updates here. ​

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The 2022 National Mobile Market Survey is now OPEN!

Do you currently – or are you planning to – operate a mobile produce market? We want to hear from you! 

The National Mobile Market Survey, developed by the Veggie Van Training Center and Mobile Market Coalition, is an annual survey that provides national data on the economic growth, activities, opportunities, and challenges of mobile markets.

The survey will take less than 20 minutes to complete.

Sharing your voice in the National Mobile Market survey is time well spent! Your responses will help us better capture the current number of mobile markets operating and will tell a story of how you’ve met the food access needs of your community. When combined with stories of other mobile markets across the country, this survey becomes a powerful tool that shapes how resources are distributed by funders, investors, and government decision makers.

​Thank you for helping us gather this information to better serve you and your mobile markets colleagues nationwide – data will inform a National Mobile Market Impact Report that can be used to support operations, grant writing, and advocacy efforts. We can’t wait to hear from you!

Take the survey

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      • Research Study Phase
    • Running a Mobile Market >
      • Assess Interest
      • Create Partnerships
      • Develop Market Model >
        • Food Sourcing
        • Customers and Pricing
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          • Choose a Vehicle
          • Retrofit a Vehicle
          • Supplies and Equipment
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          • 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​
            • Healthy Substitutions
            • Activity Bank
          • Recipes
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