- Added: July 28, 2020
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- csa, safety
Tips on consumer messaging to CSA members about Covid-19 safety protocols…..
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- Added: July 28, 2020
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Consumer tips for how to safely and respectfully shop at a farmers market in the era of covid…..
- Added: July 28, 2020
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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…..
- Added: July 28, 2020
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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….
- Added: July 28, 2020
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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…..
- 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….
- Added: July 27, 2020
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- 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….
- Added: July 27, 2020
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- 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,….
- 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;….
- 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…..
- Added: July 27, 2020
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- 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…..
- 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….
- 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…..
- 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….
- 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….