Solving Your CSA’s Biggest Challenge: 3 Tips to Retain Customers Year After Year If your CSA is like most, customer retention is your biggest challenge. Are you keeping and growing customers from season to season? It takes an investment of time, effort, and money to get customers to sign up,...
You’re selling local food online. You have loyal customers, good products, and high web traffic to your online store. But you’re still looking for ways to grow. LFM is here to help. Our newest guide, Increasing Average Order Value, is free to download and full of expert tips to help you sell more...
The most streamlined local food subscription experience yet—for you and your customer! We’re so excited to let you know about new software features to help you manage your customized CSAs, farm shares, and subscriptions! There are many ways to sell online, but typical e-commerce platforms can’t accommodate the flexibility and...
Local Food & The Subscription Economy Plus, some new subscription features on the LFM platform In 2019, businesses offering subscriptions grew five times faster than other companies (source: the Subscription Economy Index). This trend has only grown during the pandemic. Customers are seeking out convenient ways to get their favorite...
An Interview with Blue Sky Organic Farms From farm stores and markets to wholesale and restaurants customers, there are so many ways to sell local food. Read on to learn about an organic farm that is using Local Food Marketplace as a single software solution for selling to four different...
An Interview with Kate Donald of Stout Oak Farm We recently spoke to Kate Donald—A Local Food Marketplace customer who has used the platform to sell online as both a farmer and a food hub. Read on for more about Kate’s farm, the larger farm collective she cofounded, the impact...
We recently spoke to Brittany Overshiner of Upswing Farm, a small vegetable farm in Pepperell, Massachusetts that offers a variety of CSA (community supported agriculture) farm shares. Brittany’s goal is to increase accessibility to fresh, local food. Read on to see how Local Food Marketplace (LFM) helps Upswing Farm offer...
So you’re considering an online sales platform for your farm or food hub. By now you’re ready to set up an online storefront. Or maybe you’ve already tried one out but weren’t happy with a generic system. With all of the choices available, evaluating different software can feel overwhelming. Here’s...
As we celebrate another New Year and reflect on both challenges and growth opportunities for local food systems, Local Food Marketplace is as committed as ever to helping farmers share their products (without increasing their workload). We are excited to kick off the year with a new app especially for...
Why should farms start to think about their online and offline sales more cohesively? As online offerings become more prevalent and in-person sales fluctuate with weather, health crises, and competition, being able to integrate online and offline sales is a crucial maneuver for success. Over the last 12 years, we...