You’re selling local food online. You have loyal customers, good products, and high web traffic to your online store. But you’re still looking for ways to grow. LFM is here to help. Our newest guide, Increasing Average Order Value, is free to download and full of expert tips to help you sell more...
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...
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...
Photograph provided by Atlas Farm As COVID-19 impacts our communities, people are turning to local farms now more than ever for fresh food. Whether you’re a farmer just starting out with online ordering or you’re looking to improve your system, we’ve created this powerful guide just for you. We’ve...
Photo courtesy of Zaklan Heritage Farm Nestled in the middle of suburban British Columbia, you can find Gemma and Doug on Zaklan Heritage Farm: a 90 year old mixed vegetable and egg farm serving Surrey and their urban neighbors. Now in their 7th year of production, Zaklan Heritage Farm focuses...
Photo courtesy Queen’s Greens Located on 35 lush acres of Western Massachusetts farmland, Queen’s Greens is owned and operated by its founders, Danya Teitelbaum and Matt Biskup. They grow certified organic vegetables, and the farm is best known for what its name suggests: gourmet greens, sold solely through boutique wholesale...
If you’re like most CSA farmers, your Summer share season is reaching an end and plans for the next begin. As you think ahead, it’s important to deepen your connections now with your current members to keep them coming back year after year. To help make things easier, we’ve created...
Many farms regularly post mouthwatering images of harvested produce and farmers market booth layouts, and have attracted customers to their farm’s Instagram feed that want to learn more the people behind the farm and the story of their products. Farmers are attracted to Instagram because it facilitates communication...
You might be wondering – what is a Facebook Pixel? It is simply a piece of code that you put in the header of your website. It helps Facebook serve up Facebook or Instagram ads to people that have visited your website. If you have a Facebook or Instagram account,...