As Farmers Markets add curbside pickup, take advance orders, and offer bundled market purchases, customers are getting fresh, local foods in the midst of…
Channel: Direct to Consumer
Market leaders are familiar with daily crisis control, but when the crisis is a global pandemic, the resilience and innovation of farmers market operators…
The Farmers Market Legal Toolkit includes legal resources, best practice recommendations, and case studies for market leaders on selecting and enhancing business structures, accepting…
“Box programs” or curbside/drive-thru models have popped up across the nation to provide small and mid-sized farmers with an additional opportunity to sell their…
Join Corinna Bench of MyDigitalFarmer.com and Tessa DeMaster of Willow Haven Farm to learn best practices around how to build a strong early bird…
Despite challenges like shuttered farmers’ markets and restaurants, a shortage of meat processors, and the scramble to move sales online, food producers selling into…
The Center for Environmental Farming Systems (CEFS) is compiling COVID-19 resources related to meals for those with limited food access. If you have suggestions…
The Center for Environmental Farming Systems (CEFS) is compiling resources related to COVID-19 for consumers. If you have suggestions for additional resources to be…
The Center for Environmental Farming Systems (CEFS) is compiling resources related to COVID-19 for farmers markets. If you have suggestions for additional resources to…
The Center for Environmental Farming Systems (CEFS) is compiling resources related to COVID-19 for farmers and farmworkers. If you have suggestions for additional resources…
Amid COVID challenges, farmers markets, produce auctions see higher prices…
Farmers market managers have significant constraints on their time and resources. The Market Tracker is a Google Sheets database that FRESHFARM uses to collect sales…
CSA (Community Supported Agriculture) Fairs, events where farmers hold meet-and-greets with potential customers for the upcoming CSA season, largely came to a halt this…
The coronavirus pandemic has shown how quickly our food supply chain can be interrupted. While farmers markets are often viewed as a privilege for…
No matter how you look at it, 2020 has been a challenging and uncertain year to be in the farmers market business. The impacts…
