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After an 8-month initiative to help small farmers with their digital marketing, we’re sharing our experiences in a short summative report. The report reviews project activities, outcomes, and recommendations. It also suggests a path forward, using the lessons we learned to guide next steps for own organisation and beyond.
We chat with OFN customer St James Town Co-Op, a non-profit, community owned enterprise supporting sustainable development, food security and resilience to climate change.
Learn about CULTIVATE, an online Farmers’ Market in the St. Thomas, ON region. In this interview, Vicki Asher, manager of the Ignite Youth Center, tells us about her experience launching and running CULTIVATE with the help of dedicated and hardworking young volunteers from their youth center.
In the first installment of our user profile series, we catch up with Maryrose Ivanco, co-owner of Bailey’s Local Foods, an online farmers’ market serving the Waterloo region of Ontario.
COVID-19 is already having an impact on food supply. How do we support direct supply chains that keep farmers in business? How do we keep our shelves stocked with food? What happens to farmers’ markets as public gatherings get shut down?
Open Food Network are teaming up with researchers at the University of East Anglia as part of a nationwide study to explore how food hubs like ours contribute to a lower carbon food system. The research will seek to understand the food shopping patterns of people who...