The Maui Hub began in response to an impending food security crisis on the island of Maui in the wake of COVID-19 business closures and slowing tourism. We spoke to Keith Ranney, Manager of Maui Hub, about the process of forming the hub, the bureaucratic and financial challenges they’ve faced,...
Vendors at the Boise Farmers Market The Boise Farmers Market is a food-centric and agriculturally based market, meaning that 95% of the vendors sell food and agricultural products. They are focused on local food, cultivating new farmers, incubating new food ideas, and creating a community space to learn about food...
The Bloomington Community Farmers’ Market pre COVID-19. Photo courtesy of Rachel Beyer. The Bloomington Community Farmers’ Market has been a central part of the city’s connection to local food for more than 45 years. Like many other markets around the country, they found themselves scrambling to safely open during the...
The crew at Sara Hardy Downtown Farmers Market The Sara Hardy Downtown Farmers Market was started in the early 80’s by a group of farmers, and has grown into a 120+ vendor market that serves seven surrounding counties. They were introduced to LFM by our friends at Taste the Local...
Caroline Pam and Tim Knox of Kitchen Garden Farm Kitchen Garden Farm is a fifty-acre farm in the Pioneer Valley, the prime agricultural region of Western Massachusetts. They produce veggies, as well as making their own incredibly successful line of hot sauces and salsas. Caroline and Tim started the farm...
Oliver Gubenko, the founder and CEO of Harvest Drop. Harvest Drop is a foodhub based in the great state of New Jersey, and it was founded by Oliver Gubenko with a passion for – not just local – but quality food. He found a gap in the local wholesale market...
The Troy Waterfront Farmers Market in the summer, pre-COVID-19. The Troy Waterfront Farmers Market has provided local food to the Troy, NY area for the last twenty years. They’ve grown from a 10-15 vendor operation to a 110-vendor, multi-street, year-long market – but when COVID-19 hit, they had to figure...
The folks at Three River Farmers Alliance (Andre Cantelmo is second from the right) Three River Farmers Alliance is a farm collective serving the NH Seacoast region. They began in 2015 when Andre Cantelmo and Greg Balog of Heron Pond Farm realized that entering the wholesale market would require a...
The lovely and hardworking folks at WFM2GO WFM2Go is an extension of the beloved Wolfville Farmers’ Market in Nova Scotia. A couple years ago, Wolfville Farmers’ Market decided they wanted an online ordering presence, so they formed WFM2Go and launched using Local Food Marketplace’s software. What follows has been a...
The retail landscape has changed drastically in the last month – and while there are a lot of platforms out there, LFM still stands above the rest. Let us tell you why. Learn More about Why LFM