Farm and Market Directories

The following is a list of Farm and Market Directories where you can market and buy local farm produce directly

Localharvest.org has a comprehensive list of markets as well as individual farms which sell products. It is a fantastic resource for finding local food.

Real Time Farms is a national website that helps you understand where your food comes from. You can learn about farms and farmers in your area, and see where you can get their goods at farmers markets and locally sourced restaurants around you.

USDA’s Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) provides a comprehensive, up to date list of farmers markets searchable by location.

Buy Fresh By Local from FoodRoutes.org has a number of local/regional chapters that list local farms and markets.

The Eat Well Guide has a searchable database for finding local farms and markets

Local Dirt is a site where you can sign up to buy and sell food locally
 
Sell Farm Products Directly Online Using These Platforms:
 
Barn2Door is designed to increase farm sales with pickups, meetups, delivery or shipping and plans have features like invoices and order reminders. 
  • Coronavirus page includes many free resources
  • One-time $299-399 set up fee depending on package
  • Depending on the package, fees range from $69/month paid monthly; $59/month paid yearly to $119/month paid monthly; $99/month paid yearly
Software to manage and grow restaurant and wholesale sales, and farmers market sales. This software can accept mobile payments.
  • Three plan options ranging from $29/month to $99/month
A software to manage your farm CSA: schedule deliveries, membership management, schedule deliveries, and more. 
  • 2% of cost of delivery fee/month, only months when delivering and $100 min. 
This New York based company aids in direct sales by directly integrating their software into your website or hosting a website on their platform. 
  • The signup cost is $36. That covers the account fee for the first four months. After, $9/month, plus 1-2% of sales (depending on volume)
  • Responsive and personable tech support
Farmers Web helps farmers inform their buyers of product availability, handle orders, send invoices, keep track of payments, simplify customer interactions, and more.
  • Offers a free basic plan and an unlimited plan for $75/month
  • First month free when you upgrade from the basic plan 
Farmigo provides software for CSAs and Food Hubs. Their farm directory shows NY farmers using the service. 
  • Pricing is 2% of deliveries ($150 per/month minimum), only charged during months when you are delivering 
Build a website, host online sales, set-up deliveries and more through Graze Cart. They also have some free marketing resources, including a Marketing Makeover online course. 
  • $79/month as listed, but only $59/month if paid YEARLY in lump sum. All plans include the website starter guide for free.
  • Free 14 day trial
Harvie provides CSA members customized shares, flexible share sizes and flexible weeks. The software has customer-friendly features to aid farmers with the logistics of customized shares.
  • $500, one-time set-up fee with 90-day money back guarantee
  • $0 monthly payment; 7% transaction fee 
  • Contact for a demo and to work through a cost-benefit analysis with the team.
  • Starting point:
  • Growing or sourcing at least 95% of share from local producers
  • Minimum $25,000/year goal in sales
  • 5+ years growing experience
  • FSMA/GAP certifications suggested
CSA Management software to build local food communities by offering online payments for CSA shares, a website management platform, and CSA membership management. 
  • Free to try
Sales and business management tools for local food aggregators, distributors, and producers. In addition to their software, they offer some free advice in their Local Food Distribution Tool Kit.
  • Offers three plans ranging from $70/month to $450/month 
  • Refunds offered within 30 days of purchase
Founded 12 years ago, Local Food Marketplace serves 5,000 farmers in the U.S. and have a NYS office, with a big portion of their customer base on the East Coast. Their software helps you to plan, sell, and distribute local food, including features like planning production, harvest lists, packing lists, invoices, and payments.
  • Set-up $499-$999
  • Monthly $79-$149
Set up an online store and offer online home-delivery to your customers. They are offering a free COVID-19 marketing guide and a free option to build your own website. 
  • Offers a free trial
  • Three plans ranging from $14.99/month to $79.99/month
Appropriate for selling at a traditional farmers’ market with many other vendors or using a small email list to market produce off your farm, you can host a website for your farm on their platform.
  • Free set-up, no monthly fee
  • 3% of your completed sales are paid on your own schedule to the developer
Shopify is not a food or agriculture specific website, but it can be integrated into a Facebook page to create sales for farms who may have a Facebook page and not a website. Additionally, you can host stores as a website on Shopify. 
  • 90 day free trial due to COVID-19
  • Three monthly plans ranging from $29.99/month to $299/month
Currently being used in Otsego and Schoharie counties, these community partners host drop-sites where, on the designated exchange day during the morning hours, farmers deliver products that have been ordered; during the afternoon hours, customers pick up their orders. Farmers can set up a free profile, without transaction fees, and begin to upload their products, size, and quantity. 

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