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...
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...
Since 2009, Local Food Marketplace has supported hundreds of food hubs by providing a streamlined sales and distribution platform backed by our expert Support staff. We’ve put together an informative blog series focusing on stories of successful food hubs we’ve worked with for years. In Part 1, we spoke with...
When you think of a farmers market, the image of a bright, family-friendly, open air market comes to mind. Streets lined with vendors selling farm fresh food and handmade wares with people gathering to shop for groceries and more. Unfortunately, the COVID-19 pandemic has caused many markets to close or...
When COVID-19 hit, consumers turned directly to local farms for their food more than ever. This tremendous increase in local food sales mixed with pandemic restrictions caused many fresh food businesses to embrace e-commerce and direct to consumer sales.If you’re one of the farms, farmers markets, or food hubs that’s...
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 Regina Farmers’ Market, pre COVID-19 social distancing measures. Regina Farmers’ Market has been the place to buy local in Regina, Saskatchewan (in Canada’s western provinces). In fact, it’s been a community food resource for 45 years and made the shift to a year-round market in 2019. Like many farmers markets around the...
Photograph provided by Atlas Farm As COVID-19 impacts our communities, people are turning to local farms now more than ever for fresh food. Whether you’re a farmer just starting out with online ordering or you’re looking to improve your system, we’ve created this powerful guide just for you. We’ve...