As people stay at home for their health and safety, delivery has become the most convenient way people can shop for essential goods. For many farmers and food hubs, incorporating a home delivery service has been key to not just surviving the pandemic but thriving during these challenging times. Delivery […]
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, […]
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 and sustainability. When COVID-19 shutdowns hit […]
When COVID-19 hit, consumers turned directly to local farms for their food more than ever. This tremendous increase in local food sales mixed with pandemic restrictions caused many fresh food businesses to embrace e-commerce and direct to consumer sales. If you’re one of the farms, farmers markets, or food hubs […]
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 COVID-19 pandemic. Using the LFM software to set up an online store […]
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 Difference (TLD), and the rest was history. We […]
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 in 2006, and began using the LFM platform in […]
Harvest Drop is a foodhub based in the great state of New Jersey, and it was founded by Oliver Gubenko with a passion for – not just local – but quality food. He found a gap in the local wholesale market for selling produce to a NJ restaurant. Once he […]
The Troy Waterfront Farmers Market has provided local food to the Troy, NY area for the last twenty years. They’ve grown from a 10-15 vendor operation to a 110-vendor, multi-street, year-long market – but when COVID-19 hit, they had to figure out how to continue as an essential business, despite […]
Three River Farmers Alliance is a farm collective serving the NH Seacoast region. They began in 2015 when Andre Cantelmo and Greg Balog of Heron Pond Farm realized that entering the wholesale market would require a lot of smaller farms to work together. We got to speak to Andre about […]