Local and Regional Food Systems Impacts & Innovations Guide

Resilience Playbook Project Team

Added: June 27, 2023

Reports (5+ pages)

Resilience Playbook

This guide outlines the different sectors within a local or regional food system and provides insights into the types of impacts and adaptations observed within those sectors during times of disruption. It also highlights innovations and adaptations taken that….

Consumer Covid Crisis Edges Back – A Little

Added: August 15, 2022

There is some initial evidence that some of the initially acute demand and values driven by Covid around food have edged back, at least a little. Emergency conditions that shuttered restaurants and mandated masking and social distance have lessened. ….

Vermont Everyone Eats

Wallace Center at Winrock International

Added: December 14, 2021

Reports (5+ pages)

Community food access, emergency food, local, restaurants

Impact report for the Vermont Everyone Eats Program….

With heat waves, unpredictable weather, and soil degradation, climate change threatens local farmers

Wallace Center at Winrock International

Added: November 16, 2021

Blog Articles

adaptation, climate change, farming

City Seed, in New Haven, CT interviewed farmers from the markets and conducted research on the impact of climate change on farmers, particularly on pricing, production, and supply…..

2020 Farmers Market Summary

Farmers Market Coalition

Added: August 16, 2021

Other Formats

evaluation, infographic, innovation, metrics, report

In 2020, FMC piloted an annual report to highlight farmers market adaptations and trends in the era of COVID-19. These types of reports can be used to demonstrate a market’s flexibility and highlight its successes stemming from market innovations….

CSA Ideas Lab: Retaining CSA Members During & After the Pandemic

CSA Innovation Network

Added: May 10, 2021

Videos & Webinars

csa, member retention

In this Ideas Lab Webinar, you will get to see a short video screening and facilitated discussion on CSA member retention. We'll use our collective learned experiences from the past year to share strategies to maintain long-time CSA membership…..

CSA Ideas Lab: Strategies to promote CSA

CSA Innovation Network

Added: May 10, 2021

Videos & Webinars

csa, online marketing, promotion

In this webinar, Corinna Bench, Founder of MyDigitalFarmer.com and Tricia Phelps, CEO of Taste the Local Difference will guide you through best strategies to build an online presence, hook your audience, and help them sign up for your CSA…..

CSA Ideas Lab: Farmer to Farmer Ecommerce Exchange

CSA Innovation Network

Added: May 10, 2021

Videos & Webinars

csa, ecommerce, farmstore

This webinar will take a deep dive into some of the most popular software platforms for farm-specific sales, based on 2020 national farmer-survey findings. Our featured speaker is Claire Strader, Organic Vegetable Educator of Dane County Extension & FairShare….

CSA Ideas Lab: Virtual Engagement

CSA Innovation Network

Added: May 10, 2021

Videos & Webinars

csa, Events, fundraising, Virtual

This webinar focuses on how CSA farmers and farmer support organizations are producing new & engaging virtual experiences and learning a lot in the process. Come learn as we discuss the most successful, challenging, and innovative aspects of virtual….

CSA Ideas Lab: CSA as a Vehicle for Food Access

CSA Innovation Network

Added: May 10, 2021

Videos & Webinars

csa, food access

This webinar explores the basic principles of food access and features CSA farmers and support organizations that have developed best practices to connect the CSA model to a broader, more inclusive audience. Speakers include Garrett Ziegler from Michigan State….

CSA Ideas Lab: Implementing Incredible Early Bird Sign-Ups

CSA Innovation Network

Added: May 10, 2021

Videos & Webinars

Join Corinna Bench of MyDigitalFarmer.com and Tessa DeMaster of Willowhaven Farm to learn best practices around how to build a strong early bird CSA sign-up campaign. Corinna will share her inspiring story and include recommendations on how to set….

Virtual Harvest Celebrations

National Farm To School Network

Added: March 10, 2021

Innovation Briefs

innovation briefs

Farm to school activities support local agriculture, while also providing nutrition and agriculture education. Special events, like Apple Crunch days, offer an opportunity for students to learn about local produce in a fun, engaging way with their friends and….

Estimating Farmers Market Visitors by Counting Mobile Phone Pings

Farmers Market Coalition

Added: March 2, 2021

Innovation Briefs

innovation brief

During 2020, FRESHFARM, an organization that manages farmers markets in the Washington, D.C., area, piloted a relatively low-cost device that counts the number of pings from mobile phones as they connect with a Wi-Fi network. This technology does not….

Development Activities in the Time of Covid: Supporting Your Market

Farmers Market Coalition

Added: February 25, 2021

Other Formats

development, donors, fundraising, markets, strategies

Presentation focused on fundraising for farmers markets in the era of COVID-19 which provides an overview of challenges, successful approaches, and lessons learned…..

Face Mask Requirements and the Americans with Disabilities Act: What should farmers markets do to comply with the ADA during the COVID-19 pandemic?

Farmers Market Coalition

Added: February 10, 2021

Factsheets Briefs & FAQs

ADA, mandate, masks, policy, reasonable accommodation

During the pandemic, farmers markets across the country have had questions about how to ensure the health and safety of market vendors and customers by requiring the use of masks at markets. Having a mask policy can help markets….

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Local and Regional Food Systems Impacts & Innovations Guide

Resilience Playbook Project Team

Consumer Covid Crisis Edges Back – A Little

Vermont Everyone Eats

Wallace Center at Winrock International

With heat waves, unpredictable weather, and soil degradation, climate change threatens local farmers

Wallace Center at Winrock International

2020 Farmers Market Summary

Farmers Market Coalition

CSA Ideas Lab: Retaining CSA Members During & After the Pandemic

CSA Innovation Network

CSA Ideas Lab: Strategies to promote CSA

CSA Innovation Network

CSA Ideas Lab: Farmer to Farmer Ecommerce Exchange

CSA Innovation Network

CSA Ideas Lab: Virtual Engagement

CSA Innovation Network

CSA Ideas Lab: CSA as a Vehicle for Food Access

CSA Innovation Network

CSA Ideas Lab: Implementing Incredible Early Bird Sign-Ups

CSA Innovation Network

Virtual Harvest Celebrations

National Farm To School Network

Estimating Farmers Market Visitors by Counting Mobile Phone Pings

Farmers Market Coalition

Development Activities in the Time of Covid: Supporting Your Market

Farmers Market Coalition

Face Mask Requirements and the Americans with Disabilities Act: What should farmers markets do to comply with the ADA during the COVID-19 pandemic?

Farmers Market Coalition