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Farmers' Market (NLFM) and served as the Secretary and Treasurer. He
developed a full range of promotions, including music, dance, and children'=
s
events and cooking demonstrations at the NLFM. In April 2004 Michael
participated in the Project for Public Spaces workshop, 'Creating a Public
Market' and later became the first Market Manager under the Central Market
Trust in Lancaster, PA. Working with Market Ventures, Inc. in Salt Lake Cit=
y
and Louisville, Michael researched public markets throughout the country an=
d
also interviewed vendors for a potential market. For the Louisville project
he researched Agricultural Census information to determine whether there
were enough farmers for a potential market. Michael has also assisted with
the development of a farmers market as part of a retail food cooperative in
New London, CT.

Michael's educational background includes a BA in Political Science
(University of California - Irvine), an MA in Sociology (Boston College) an=
d
an MBA (Northeastern University). Michael was born in Los Angeles and has
been a life-long Lakers and Dodgers fan. His parents and two children resid=
e
in Southern California.

Fenwick Broyard III, the 2008 trans=95act fellow for the greater New Orlean=
s
area, is a New Orleans native and recent graduate of the Tulane School of
Public Health and Tropical Medicine. His concentration while at Tulane was
international health education and communication, but he has also had
extensive experience in monitoring and evaluation, both internationally and
domestically. In the summer of 2006, with funding from the National
Institute of Health, Fenwick conducted a qualitative analysis, in Lima,
Peru, of the educational component of the Stop TB program. The conclusions
of his research, conducted primarily in the shantytown communities on Lima'=
s
outskirts, were reported directly to the NIH and to the Peruvian host NGO,
PRISMA, which later funneled them to the national program.

Fenwick has also been very active in the New Orleans area over the last
several years since the storm, and has worked with a number of organization=
s
targeting disadvantaged youth as well as families in need. He's looking
forward to adding both a local's perspective and a public health
professional's eye to trans=95act, and is excited by what he sees as the
tremendous potential of marketumbrella.org to affect change in his
recovering city.

Please join FMC and marketumbrella.org in welcoming Michael and Fenwick to
this exciting project. Michael can be contacted at
mrosenkrantz at farmersmarketcoali <mrosenkrantz at farmersmarketcoalition.org>
tion.org, and Fenwick at fenwick at marketumbrella.org<fenwick at marketumrella.o=
rg>.
For more general questions about trans=95act, contact Senior Fellow Robin M=
oon
at jrmoon at hsph.harvard.edu, or visit www.transact.marketumbrella.org.
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Stacy M. Miller
Executive Secretary
Farmers Market Coalition
stacy at farmersmarketcoalition.org
304-685-2669
www.farmersmarketcoalition.org

Farmers markets are good for everyone. Join us to make them even better.

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<font size=3D"4"><b><a href=3D"http://www.farmersmarketcoalition.org/?p=3D1=
72" rel=3D"bookmark" title=3D"Permanent Link: trans=95act Welcomes FMC Fell=
ow, Launches June 2 in L.A." target=3D"_blank">trans=95act Welcomes FMC Fel=
low, Launching Summer Research&nbsp; L.A.</a></b></font><small></small>

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<p>The Farmers Market Coalition, together with <a href=3D"http://www.market=
umbrella.org/" title=3D"marketumbrella.org" target=3D"_blank">marketumbrell=
a.org</a>,
is pleased to announce the launching of Summer 2008's trans=95act project,
sited in Los Angeles and New Orleans. FMC is sponsoring a fellowship in
L.A. to lead the Neighborhood Exchange Evaluation Device (NEED)
research in eight selected farmers markets throughout the southern
California area, to bring the pilot research to scale and construct a
working tool to measure the community impact of farmers markets. These
markets include seven coordinated by the Sustainable Economic
Enterprises of Los Angeles (<a href=3D"http://www.see-la.org/" title=3D"SEE=
-LA" target=3D"_blank">SEE-LA</a>), and one coordinated by <a href=3D"http:=
//members.kaiserpermanente.org/redirects/farmersmarkets/in-southern-califor=
nia.htm" title=3D"KP Farmers Markets" target=3D"_blank">Kaiser Permanente</=
a>.</p>

Please join us in welcoming Michael J. Rosenkrantz as this summer's
FMC Fellow, who will lead the trans=95act research in L.A. from June to
August, 2008, and Fenwick Broyard III, who will lead the trans=95act
research in New Orleans. You can learn more about trans=95act, and stay up=
dated about the tool&#39;s progress, at the project&#39;s <a href=3D"http:/=
/www.transact.marketumbrella.org">web site</a>. Read on to learn more about=
 Michael and Fenwick.

Michael J. Rosenkrantz first became involved with public markets
during 1987-88, as the manager of Oakland's city-owned public market,
the 'Housewives Market'. In August 1987, he attended the first
International Public Market Conference at Pike Place Market, and was
bitten by the "market bug."

From May 1996-June 2006, Michael was the Coordinator of the New
London Farmers' Market (NLFM) and served as the Secretary and
Treasurer. He developed a full range of promotions, including music,
dance, and children's events and cooking demonstrations at the NLFM. In
April 2004 Michael participated in the Project for Public Spaces
workshop, 'Creating a Public Market' and later became the first Market
Manager under the Central Market Trust in Lancaster, PA. Working with
Market Ventures, Inc. in Salt Lake City and Louisville, Michael
researched public markets throughout the country and also interviewed
vendors for a potential market. For the Louisville project he
researched Agricultural Census information to determine whether there
were enough farmers for a potential market. Michael has also assisted
with the development of a farmers market as part of a retail food
cooperative in New London, CT.

Michael's educational background includes a BA in Political Science
(University of California - Irvine), an MA in Sociology (Boston
College) and an MBA (Northeastern University). Michael was born in Los
Angeles and has been a life-long Lakers and Dodgers fan. His parents
and two children reside in Southern California.

Fenwick Broyard III, the 2008 trans=95act fellow for the greater New
Orleans area, is a New Orleans native and recent graduate of the Tulane
School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine. His concentration while
at Tulane was international health education and communication, but he
has also had extensive experience in monitoring and evaluation, both
internationally and domestically. In the summer of 2006, with funding
from the National Institute of Health, Fenwick conducted a qualitative
analysis, in Lima, Peru, of the educational component of the Stop TB
program. The conclusions of his research, conducted primarily in the
shantytown communities on Lima's outskirts, were reported directly to
the NIH and to the Peruvian host NGO, PRISMA, which later funneled them
to the national program.

Fenwick has also been very active in the New Orleans area over the
last several years since the storm, and has worked with a number of
organizations targeting disadvantaged youth as well as families in
need. He's looking forward to adding both a local's perspective and a
public health professional's eye to trans=95act, and is excited by what
he sees as the tremendous potential of <a href=3D"http://marketumbrella.org=
/" target=3D"_blank">marketumbrella.org</a> to affect change in his recover=
ing city.

Please join FMC and <a href=3D"http://marketumbrella.org/" target=3D"_bl=
ank">marketumbrella.org</a> in welcoming Michael and Fenwick to this exciti=
ng project. Michael can be contacted at <a href=3D"mailto:mrosenkrantz at farm=
ersmarketcoalition.org" target=3D"_blank">mrosenkrantz at farmersmarketcoali</=
a><a href=3D"http://tion.org/" target=3D"_blank">tion.org</a>, and Fenwick =
at <a href=3D"mailto:fenwick at marketumrella.org" target=3D"_blank">fenwick at m=
arketumbrella.org</a>. For more general questions about trans=95act, contac=
t Senior Fellow Robin Moon at <a href=3D"mailto:jrmoon at hsph.harvard.edu" ta=
rget=3D"_blank">jrmoon at hsph.harvard.edu</a>, or visit <a href=3D"http://www=
.transact.marketumbrella.org/" target=3D"_blank">www.transact.marketumbrell=
a.org</a>.

=09=09=09=09</div>------------------------------------- Stacy M. Miller<=
br>Executive Secretary Farmers Market Coalition <a href=3D"mailto:sta=
cy at farmersmarketcoalition.org">stacy at farmersmarketcoalition.org</a> 304-=
685-2669 
<a href=3D"http://www.farmersmarketcoalition.org">www.farmersmarketcoalitio=
n.org</a> Farmers markets are good for everyone. Join us to make the=
m even better.

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