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Strategies for Selling Meat Online

Strategies for Selling Meat Online

May 21, 2025

High Country Food Hub in Boone, North Carolina, was founded in 2016 by the Blue Ridge Women in Agriculture to support local food producers through product storage, aggregation, and distribution. The organization operates as an online farmers market and has been powered by Local Food Marketplace since 2017. It sells...

Local Food Network is Supporting Sustainable Local Food Ecosystems

Local Food Network is Supporting Sustainable Local Food Ecosystems

May 8, 2025

Thriving local food systems provide numerous benefits including: boosted local economies, increased access to healthy food, and more sustainable use of our planet’s resources. Throughout our 16 years of supporting farms and food hubs through our online marketplace software, we’ve seen that regional food systems succeed when farmers and food...

Why SMS Should Be Part of Your Communication Strategy

Why SMS Should Be Part of Your Communication Strategy

Apr 17, 2025

Incorporating SMS (short for “short message service”) communication into a farm or food hub’s overall marketing and communication strategy has some clear benefits and is a great addition to your toolbox. Here are some important things to know about communicating via SMS that can maximize your success. Why SMS Should...

Resources for Local Farms Selling Meat Online

Resources for Local Farms Selling Meat Online

Apr 3, 2025

Do you sell beef, pork, chicken, lamb, or other types of meat from an online storefront? Selling meat online comes with its own set of challenges that can take some effort and creativity to overcome.  We drew on interviews with two farmers, Robinette Farms and Brookford Farm, plus our own...

Coming Soon: A Brand-New LFM Storefront Design

Coming Soon: A Brand-New LFM Storefront Design

Mar 13, 2025

This spring, Local Food Marketplace is introducing a new look and new functionality to our storefront. We are thrilled to show off these changes, which are designed to provide an improved shopping experience for your consumer and increased sales for you. Introducing: The New LFM Storefront! These changes are very...

Scaling Up to Address Food Security on the Island

Scaling Up to Address Food Security on the Island

Oct 8, 2020

The Maui Hub began in response to an impending food security crisis on the island of Maui in the wake of COVID-19 business closures and slowing tourism. We spoke to Keith Ranney, Manager of Maui Hub, about the process of forming the hub, the bureaucratic and financial challenges they’ve faced,...

A Drive-Thru Farmers Market: an Interview with Tamara Cameron of Boise Farmers Market

A Drive-Thru Farmers Market: an Interview with Tamara Cameron of Boise Farmers Market

Sep 28, 2020

Vendors at the Boise Farmers Market The Boise Farmers Market is a food-centric and agriculturally based market, meaning that 95% of the vendors sell food and agricultural products. They are focused on local food, cultivating new farmers, incubating new food ideas, and creating a community space to learn about food...

Saving Time and Staying Safe: an Interview with Bloomington Community Farmers Market

Saving Time and Staying Safe: an Interview with Bloomington Community Farmers Market

Jul 31, 2020

The Bloomington Community Farmers’ Market pre COVID-19. Photo courtesy of Rachel Beyer. The Bloomington Community Farmers’ Market has been a central part of the city’s connection to local food for more than 45 years. Like many other markets around the country, they found themselves scrambling to safely open during the...

Above and Beyond: Going Online with Sara Hardy Downtown Farmers Market

Above and Beyond: Going Online with Sara Hardy Downtown Farmers Market

Jul 22, 2020

The crew at Sara Hardy Downtown Farmers Market The Sara Hardy Downtown Farmers Market was started in the early 80’s by a group of farmers, and has grown into a 120+ vendor market that serves seven surrounding counties. They were introduced to LFM by our friends at Taste the Local...

From a Farm to a Collective: an Interview with Sunderland Farm Collaborative

From a Farm to a Collective: an Interview with Sunderland Farm Collaborative

Jul 16, 2020

Caroline Pam and Tim Knox of Kitchen Garden Farm Kitchen Garden Farm is a fifty-acre farm in the Pioneer Valley, the prime agricultural region of Western Massachusetts. They produce veggies, as well as making their own incredibly successful line of hot sauces and salsas. Caroline and Tim started the farm...

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