Local Food and the Subscription Economy Plus, some new subscription features on the LFM platform. In 2019, businesses offering subscriptions grew five times faster than other companies (source: the Subscription Economy Index). Customers are seeking out convenient ways to get their favorite items without spending more time in the store. […]
New: Save Time on Accounting Accounting is complex. It’s even more tricky when your business distributes fresh food — something impossible to perfectly predict. And for a food hub purchasing from five, ten, fifteen or more different farmers? That’s a lot to account for. To help you keep up with […]
You love helping connect shoppers to local food. But keeping track of payments owed to each of the farmers and vendors you work with can get tricky. If you manage a food hub, you know time consuming it can be to track what you owe, create bills, and issue a […]
Easy Payments Online and In-Person: Integrate your Local Food Marketplace with Square! Are you making in-person sales at farmers markets, your farm store, or pickup locations? Managing these orders can get overwhelming quickly, leading to extra work manually recording payments, not to mention balancing your inventory records with your order […]
An Interview with Blue Sky Organic Farms From farm stores and markets to wholesale and restaurants customers, there are so many ways to sell local food. Read on to learn about an organic farm that is using Local Food Marketplace as a single software solution for selling to four different […]
We recently spoke to Brittany Overshiner of Upswing Farm, a small vegetable farm in Pepperell, Massachusetts that offers a variety of CSA (community supported agriculture) farm shares. Brittany’s goal is to increase accessibility to fresh, local food. Read on to see how Local Food Marketplace (LFM) helps Upswing Farm offer […]
So you’re considering an online marketplace platform for your farm or food hub. By now you’re ready to set up an online storefront. Or maybe you’ve already tried one out but weren’t happy with a generic system. With all of the choices available, evaluating different software can feel overwhelming. Here’s […]
As we celebrate another New Year and reflect on both challenges and growth opportunities for local food systems, Local Food Marketplace is as committed as ever to helping farmers share their products (without increasing their workload). We are excited to kick off the year with a new app especially for […]
Why should farms start to think about their online and offline sales more cohesively? As online offerings become more prevalent and in-person sales fluctuate, being able to integrate online and offline sales is a crucial maneuver for success. Over the last 12 years, we have seen the positive impact multi-channel […]
Bidding our tomato logo a heartfelt goodbye…. You may have noticed a fresh, new look when it comes to Local Food Marketplace! Since our inception in 2009, our humble tomato logo has seen us through our development from a local, direct-to-consumer sales platform to the comprehensive sales and distribution platform […]