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Featured Webinars: Online sales, research partnerships and the future of food tech in Canada
Check out some of the webinars our team has been involved with!
– EFAO Digital Farm Gate Sales
– Supporting Farmer Livelihoods: Research Partnerships for Action Webinar
– Opening Up Food Data
How to Run a Popup Store on Open Food Network
Find out how to easily create a temporary store on OFN. Sell food, flowers and other local farm products for a weekend, a holiday season or another short duration.
Community Spotlight: Flower Farmer Theresa Schumilas
My partner, Peter and I grew organic vegetables for over 30 years. But then we started to learn about how unsustainable and unfair cut flowers can be. Most of the flowers you see are grown and treated with harmful chemicals. Often they are imported long distances from places with unfair labour practices. We wanted to be a part of changing this so we have switched from vegetables to blooms.
Community Spotlight: Palatine Roses
Palatine Roses is a local flower shop from Palatine Hill in Niagara-on-the-Lake. They are active community members producing lovely blooms and providing the community with tips and tools for local growing!
Community Spotlight: Oy’s Joys Bakery
Olivia Yetter, founder of Oy’s Joys bakery, shares the story of how she started her business by selling at farmers’ markets in her neighbourhood in Toronto. The pandemic provided an opportunity to increase production and reach more community members. Read more about Olivia’s vision for her growing bakery.
Get support for your farm: COVID-19 resources for farmers in Canada
As COVID-19 lockdowns and social distancing measures have threatened to shutter face-to-face markets and in-person sales channels, many farmers have been pushed to navigate the unfamiliar world of online sales.
On this page, we have compiled resources concerning the COVID-related supports that Canadian governments, funding agencies, and advocacy groups have rolled out to help farmers adjust their business models in order to adapt to these unpredictable times.