Welcome to the
​Mobile Market Coalition

The Mobile Market Coalition is a national network of practitioners, researchers, funders and policymakers advancing mobile markets as essential infrastructure for a responsive and resilient food system in which everyone has access to healthy food. The Mobile Market Coalition promotes and supports mobile markets with research, technical assistance, advocacy, and networking. The Mobile Market Coalition is convened and administered by faculty and staff at the University of Buffalo and led in coordination with an advisory board, elected by coalition members.

On this site, you can find more about starting a mobile market, finding one in your community, the annual Mobile Market Summit and research related to mobile markets.​

Interested in Starting a Mobile Market in your community? 

Veggie Van Toolkit

An evidence-based toolkit designed to help organizations successfully start mobile produce markets. It includes marketing materials, educational curriculum, financial models, and more. ​

Have your voice heard -
​we want to better support you!

Take Mobile Market Survey

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. 

Save the Date for the 2024
​Mobile Market Summit!

Learn More

Our 6th annual Mobile Market Summit will be held in Phoenix, Arizona on March 19th and 20th 2024, co-hosted by the Mobile Market  Coalition and Activate Food Arizona. 

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Lessons from the Field: Bringing a Mobile Farmers’ Market to your community
​This video guide showcases four New England mobile farmers’ markets--Growing Places (Leominster, Mass.),  Hartford Food System (Hartford, CT), Mill City Grows (Lowell, Mass.), Regional Environmental Council (Worcester, Mass.). A joint effort of Point32Health Foundation and the University at Buffalo, this guide outlines seven steps, proven by research, necessary for starting a mobile veggie market. It also offers insights and lessons learned as it explores how mobile markets improve health outcomes for people with lower incomes in rural and urban communities. We hope this video helps you engage and inform stakeholders, gain community buy-in or complement data you use when sharing the impact of mobile markets with funders or the public. Thank you to the featured community organizations for sharing their stories. 

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Press

Check out the news stories highlighting our work. Our latest features were in a segment on Good Morning America and in Buffalo Rising in 2022.