COVID-19 Video Series for Small Farms in English, Spanish, and Hmong

CSA Innovation Network

Added: July 28, 2020

Videos & Webinars

Five-part video series on COVID-19 protocols for small fruit and vegetable farms covers basics of transmission, hand washing & PPE, cleaning & sanitizing, maintaining physical distance, and farmers market practices. Full series available separately in English, Spanish, and Hmong…..

Guía para un Plan de Acción por COVID-19 en Granjas de Frutas y Verduras

CSA Innovation Network

Added: July 28, 2020

Other Formats

Spanish Version: Template for writing a COVID-19 farm plan with questions to consider and suggestions for policies/practices on employee safety, food safety, sales, and more. The template is downloadable so that farms can easily customize it to their individual….

COVID-19 Response Plan Template for Fruit and Vegetable Farms

CSA Innovation Network

Added: July 28, 2020

Other Formats

Template for writing a COVID-19 farm plan with questions to consider and suggestions for policies/practices on employee safety, food safety, sales, and more. The template is downloadable so that farms can easily customize it to their individual operations…..

Use of Respirators, Facemasks, and Cloth Face Coverings in the Food and Agriculture Sector During Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19) Pandemic

CSA Innovation Network

Added: July 27, 2020

Webpages

face coverings, face masks, personal protective equipment, PPE, Respirators

Fact sheet, developed collaboratively by FDA and CDC, provides a quick reference guide to items potentially worn by workers in the Food and Agriculture Sector. Respirators, disposable facemasks, or cloth face coverings are designed and worn for different purposes….

Farm Commons Podcast Episode 23: Launching a CSA During COVID-19

CSA Innovation Network

Added: July 27, 2020

Other Formats

beginner, legal, liability, risk, starting a CSA

This podcast provides actionable legal tips for launching a legally resilient CSA during COVID-19 that lasts into the future. It covers four big areas of legal risk: payment, proximity, procurement, and pick-up. It also unpacks COVID transmission liability and….

Direct Market Farmers Application to Accept SNAP

CSA Innovation Network

Added: July 27, 2020

Webpages

access, authorized retailer, benefits, direct-to-consumer, low income, SNAP

If you are the owner/manager of a direct market farm, including CSA, you can apply for authorization to accept SNAP benefits enabling low resource shoppers access to your farm fresh products, including but not limited to: fruits, vegetables, meats,….

What is a “sliding scale” you ask?

CSA Innovation Network

Added: July 27, 2020

Factsheets Briefs & FAQs

access, benefits, csa, fee structure, low income, payment arrangement, sliding scale, SNAP

A set of guidelines to help consumers navigate the question of how much they can afford when considering a sliding scale payment arrangement, of which many CSAs offer. CSA is experiencing an uptick in new members during the pandemic;….

Online Sales Platforms for Farmers

CSA Innovation Network

Added: July 27, 2020

Webinars/Forums/Lunch & Learns

adaptations, csa, direct-to-consumer, e-commerce, online sales, sales platforms, software

A webinar providing information, and back-end use demonstrations, on additional e-commerce platforms including: Barn2Door, Harvie, Local Food Marketplace, Food4All, and Open Food Network…..

Take Your Local Food Online Webinar

CSA Innovation Network

Added: July 27, 2020

Webinars/Forums/Lunch & Learns

direct-to-consumer, e-commerce, online sales, sales platforms, software

Take Your Local Food Online webinar provides practical information and tips from farmers using online sales platforms including: Woo Commerce, Graze Cart Shopify, Farm Barn2Door, Wix store, Square, Squarespace, and Local Food Marketplace…..

Farmers Guide to Direct Sales Software Platforms

CSA Innovation Network

Added: July 27, 2020

Factsheets Briefs & FAQs

direct-to-consumer, e-commerce, sales platforms, software

This publication highlights 19 sales model platforms that farmers may find helpful when pivoting to new farm-direct sales markets. The selected products are farm-specific sales platforms that support single-farm, direct sales. Generic e-commerce platforms, platforms that sell farm products….

Farm to Institution New England Resource Database

Farm to Institution New England

Added: July 24, 2020

Directory

This database contains categorized farm to institution resources relevant to New England, including over 100 resources related to COVID-19. Users can search by type of resource, topic, and sector…..

Dining directors and COVID-19 open forum

Farm to Institution New England

Added: July 24, 2020

Webinars/Forums/Lunch & Learns

This virtual forum for dining directors and interested partners shared responses to the COVID-19 corona virus crisis to learn from each other. We talked about food safety protocols, budgets, supporting staff in times of need, and how we can….

Farmers Markets Across Nation Face Potential Economic Crisis From COVID-19

Farmers Market Coalition

Added: July 24, 2020

Blog Articles

Across the country, farmers markets operators–the organizations and individuals who plan, coordinate, and run America’s farmers markets, are engaging in herculean efforts to protect their communities from COVID-19. But even as interest in local foods spikes nationwide, many market….

Farmers Market-Tested Sales Platforms for Shopper Pre-Orders

Farmers Market Coalition

Added: July 24, 2020

Videos & Webinars, Webinars/Forums/Lunch & Learns

This webinar focused on market-level platforms (either a sales platform or through listing vendor sites on the market website) that allow shoppers to place pre-orders to then be picked up at either a drive-through or walk-through market where vendors….

Farmers Market Physical Redesign for COVID-19 Mitigation

Farmers Market Coalition

Added: July 24, 2020

Videos & Webinars, Webinars/Forums/Lunch & Learns

Farmers market operators are among those leading for how local food is meeting this historic moment including “drive-thru” models, delayed entry, pre-bagged goods, new layouts and more. For this webinar, market operators shared how they actually implemented a new….

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COVID-19 Video Series for Small Farms in English, Spanish, and Hmong

CSA Innovation Network

Guía para un Plan de Acción por COVID-19 en Granjas de Frutas y Verduras

CSA Innovation Network

COVID-19 Response Plan Template for Fruit and Vegetable Farms

CSA Innovation Network

Use of Respirators, Facemasks, and Cloth Face Coverings in the Food and Agriculture Sector During Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19) Pandemic

CSA Innovation Network

Farm Commons Podcast Episode 23: Launching a CSA During COVID-19

CSA Innovation Network

Direct Market Farmers Application to Accept SNAP

CSA Innovation Network

What is a “sliding scale” you ask?

CSA Innovation Network

Online Sales Platforms for Farmers

CSA Innovation Network

Take Your Local Food Online Webinar

CSA Innovation Network

Farmers Guide to Direct Sales Software Platforms

CSA Innovation Network

Farm to Institution New England Resource Database

Farm to Institution New England

Dining directors and COVID-19 open forum

Farm to Institution New England

Farmers Markets Across Nation Face Potential Economic Crisis From COVID-19

Farmers Market Coalition

Farmers Market-Tested Sales Platforms for Shopper Pre-Orders

Farmers Market Coalition

Farmers Market Physical Redesign for COVID-19 Mitigation

Farmers Market Coalition