Food Hub Response to USDA Coronavirus Food Assistance Program

Wallace Center at Winrock International

Added: July 7, 2020

Videos & Webinars

CFAP, Farmers to Families, Input, USDA

Wallace Center hosted a call to gather input and feedback on the CFAP Farmers to Families program, specifically from food hubs and others who were interested in applying to be a contractor under the program. Wallace Center used this….

Farmers Market-Tested Sales Platforms for Shopper Pre-Orders

Farmers Market Coalition

Added: July 24, 2020

Videos & Webinars

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….

Thinking Inside the Box – Making Healthy Food Accessible with Curbside/Drive-Thru (Contactless) Models at Farmers Markets During COVID-19

Farmers Market Coalition

Added: September 16, 2020

Webinars/Forums/Lunch & Learns

Box program, Curbside, Drive-thru, farmers market, SNAP

“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 products and continuing to elevate farmers markets and make healthy food accessible to communities. In….

COVID-19 and Local Food: Challenges and Opportunities

James Beard Foundation

Added: September 11, 2020

Videos & Webinars

Despite challenges like shuttered farmers’ markets and restaurants, a shortage of meat processors, and the scramble to move sales online, food producers selling into local and regional markets have demonstrated real resilience during COVID-19. In this panel, we’ll explore….

Feeding Incarcerated People in a Pandemic: How One Maine Prison Is Adapting

Farm to Institution New England

Added: August 27, 2020

Blog Articles

As part of FINE's work on how COVID-19 is impacting institutional food systems, this blog highlights how the COVID-19 virus has profoundly disrupted food operations in prisons and jails. Mark McBrine, Food Service Manager at the Mountain View Correctional….

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….

Farm to Freezer Webinar

Niche Meat Processor Assistance Network

Added: July 15, 2020

Webinars/Forums/Lunch & Learns

frozen meat, online meat sales, online sales platforms, shipping food

Hear from three experienced panelists who sell their meats online & ship direct to consumers. Let’s turn the COVID-19 pandemic into an opportunity to connect our niche meats to hungry consumers. Topics will include: regulations, setting up an online….

Protocol for opening Delaware Farmers Markets

National Association of State Departments of Agriculture NASDA Foundation

Added: August 5, 2020

Factsheets Briefs & FAQs

Delaware, farmers markets

The Delaware Farmers’ Market Coalition and the Delaware Department of Agriculture worked together to develop the following protocols that must be met by all Delaware farmers’ markets during the COVID‐19 pandemic. Individual farmers’ markets may choose to implement more….

FMC Helps Farmers Markets Mitigate the Impacts of COVID-19

Farmers Market Coalition

Added: August 21, 2020

Blog Articles

As farmers markets serve an essential role in local and community-based food systems, the Farmers Market Coalition acted quickly in the early stages of the pandemic to begin collecting and providing market leaders with the tools and resources they….

USDA Coronavirus Food Assistance Program and Local Food

National Farm to School Network

Added: July 8, 2020

Blog Articles

This blog from the National Farm to School Network highlights the main components of the Coronavirus Food Assistance Program and provides links for additional resources and information…..

Pivoting to Online Sales: Webinar Series

Center for Crop Diversification

Added: July 23, 2020

Videos & Webinars

A series of webinars aimed at helping local producers and agricultural businesses pivot to more online sales, pre-ordering (including low-tech) and a few other adaptations to the new market conditions…..

How to Transition Your Food Business to Delivery or Ecommerce

The Food Corridor

Added: July 17, 2020

Blog Articles

Commercial Kitchens, Food Businesses, restaurants, Shared Kitchens

Delivery and ecommerce are two strategies that restaurants and food businesses have adopted to mitigate the lost revenue resulting from COVID-related closures and limitations in the food and restaurant sector. This article provides strategies and information related to transitioning….

Food Industry Recommended Protocols When Employee/Customer Tests Positive for COVID- 19

NGA Foundation

Added: August 3, 2020

Directory

This resource provides links to tools and protocols for when an employee test positive for the Coronavirus. This resources helps food production facilities, distributors and wholesalers manage and stay consistent with their approaches to such situations…..

What to Do When Market Fluctuations Affect Prices

NGA Foundation

Added: September 15, 2020

Blog Articles

Article describing pricing challenges that have impacted retailers due to COVID-19 and providing recommendations for how to handle such a situation…..

Economic Injury Disaster Loans for Farmers/Ranchers Affected by COVID-19

CSA Innovation Network

Added: July 28, 2020

Videos & Webinars

relief funds, support

In this tutorial, we discuss the specifics of eligibility for EIDL loans and how to submit an application through the SBA…..

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Food Hub Response to USDA Coronavirus Food Assistance Program

Wallace Center at Winrock International

Farmers Market-Tested Sales Platforms for Shopper Pre-Orders

Farmers Market Coalition

Thinking Inside the Box – Making Healthy Food Accessible with Curbside/Drive-Thru (Contactless) Models at Farmers Markets During COVID-19

Farmers Market Coalition

COVID-19 and Local Food: Challenges and Opportunities

James Beard Foundation

Feeding Incarcerated People in a Pandemic: How One Maine Prison Is Adapting

Farm to Institution New England

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

Farmers Market Coalition

Farm to Freezer Webinar

Niche Meat Processor Assistance Network

Protocol for opening Delaware Farmers Markets

National Association of State Departments of Agriculture NASDA Foundation

FMC Helps Farmers Markets Mitigate the Impacts of COVID-19

Farmers Market Coalition

USDA Coronavirus Food Assistance Program and Local Food

National Farm to School Network

Pivoting to Online Sales: Webinar Series

Center for Crop Diversification

How to Transition Your Food Business to Delivery or Ecommerce

The Food Corridor

Food Industry Recommended Protocols When Employee/Customer Tests Positive for COVID- 19

NGA Foundation

What to Do When Market Fluctuations Affect Prices

NGA Foundation

Economic Injury Disaster Loans for Farmers/Ranchers Affected by COVID-19

CSA Innovation Network