This week on CKUT I interviewed Ana Marinescu of Urbana Marketing on Public Markets in Montreal.
A few weeks ago I’d stumbled across a new farmers’ market in the park next to the AMC Forum on Atwater, my old stomping grounds. There was a long table selling vegetables at very reasonable prices. It was mostly local, with some products imported because they weren’t in season. Turns out that the organization running the stall was called Tera Ter, and they coordinate several farmers’ markets in the Southwest of Montreal weekly.
Across from Tera Ter’s table at the market was Sweet Lee’s Bakery, one of my favourite bakeries in the city (who are set to open their own store front in a few weeks in St-Henri but still sell their muffins, brownies, tarts, cookies, and savoury scones at various markets and cafés).
I tried to get in touch with Tera Ter to find out more about their organization, but it was Ana Marinescu who responded to my inquiries. She a marketing rep for La Coalition des marchés de quartiers, and was happy to speak with me about the public market initiatives in Montreal including Tera Ter, as well as the interactive website and social media they’re using to help Montrealers locate their nearest public markets, even going as far as to sometimes describe what is sold at each location. It’s a definite step in the right direction for making markets accessible in Montreal.
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