Resources for Beginning Farmers
Farming in a Covid-19 Reality
Beginning farmers all around Indiana are adapting to the realities of selling local food amidst the pandemic. We are impressed with all of your creative and safe solutions, from drive-thru farm stands to pop-up markets, brand-new online stores to crystal-clear communication with your supporters about how they can support local farms and eat good food during this uncertain time. Good work, team!
If you want to hear how other farmers in Indiana are adapting, check out our 9 farmer-to-farmer webinars that happened in May and June 2020. Even if you're already selling online, we think you'll find value in these conversations.
If you need more info on the nuts and bolts of how to add online sales, these resources might be for you!
Some other key resources:
Know of other resources that we should share? Email us at [email protected], and we'll get the word out to other young farmers!
If you want to hear how other farmers in Indiana are adapting, check out our 9 farmer-to-farmer webinars that happened in May and June 2020. Even if you're already selling online, we think you'll find value in these conversations.
If you need more info on the nuts and bolts of how to add online sales, these resources might be for you!
- National Young Farmers Coalition's Farmers Guide to Direct Sales Software Platforms.
- Indiana Uplands Webinar Series: https://sfss.indiana.edu/projects/indiana/inuplands/index.html
- West Central MO Community Action Agency (7 farms discussing 8 different platforms):
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5wI9SWWC1j4
- Oregon Tilth: https://tilth.org/education/resources/online-sales-platforms-for-farmers/
- C-Fare: https://www.cfare.org/new-blog/c-fare-webinar-april-24-2020-e-commerce-during-covid-19-opportunities-for-food-producers-to-make-direct-market-sales-online
- U of KY/ CCD: https://www.uky.edu/ccd/promotion-recording
- Development of web store: https://youtu.be/5wI9SWWC1j4
Some other key resources:
- NYFC has put together a response fitting of a farmer-focused organization (that is: practical). Click here for their resource page.
- Here's a super webinar from PASA about how to adapt to selling local food in amidst the Covid-19 outbreak.
- Two guides for local food producers: one that covers adapting everything from production to crop scheduling, and one that focuses on alternative delivery options.
- A guide helping farmer's markets operate and adapt (and keep serving their communities!)
- A consumer guide for buying local amid Covid-19
Know of other resources that we should share? Email us at [email protected], and we'll get the word out to other young farmers!
Building a More Equitable Food System
We stand with BIPOC (Black, Indigenous, People of Color) farmers communities. Racial justice is a human right, not a political issue, and our leadership team is putting together a plan for how HYFC can be part of the solution.
We want to acknowledge our limitations right here at the start, and apologize for any harm we cause in pursing this work. Our leadership team consists entirely of white 30-somethings who are straight and cisgender, and we have significant white privilege. We know our perspective is limited and we pledge to listen to and lift up voices from BIPOC farmers and others who have been historically marginalized in food spaces.
We're taking time this summer to start finding ways to be of use, and start listening. We would love to hear your input on how HYFC can help (email us here). We'll also be connecting with other NYFC chapters and of course of BIPOC members here in Indiana to hear what they're doing to address racial equity, and how we might learn from their work. We're eager to dig in to something of substance. In the mean time, if you're wondering how your farm can work for racial equity in the food system, we wanted to share the new Racial Equity Toolkit, from the National Young Farmers Coalition. Take a look at how farmers and farmer organizations are working for equity in the food system.
We want to acknowledge our limitations right here at the start, and apologize for any harm we cause in pursing this work. Our leadership team consists entirely of white 30-somethings who are straight and cisgender, and we have significant white privilege. We know our perspective is limited and we pledge to listen to and lift up voices from BIPOC farmers and others who have been historically marginalized in food spaces.
We're taking time this summer to start finding ways to be of use, and start listening. We would love to hear your input on how HYFC can help (email us here). We'll also be connecting with other NYFC chapters and of course of BIPOC members here in Indiana to hear what they're doing to address racial equity, and how we might learn from their work. We're eager to dig in to something of substance. In the mean time, if you're wondering how your farm can work for racial equity in the food system, we wanted to share the new Racial Equity Toolkit, from the National Young Farmers Coalition. Take a look at how farmers and farmer organizations are working for equity in the food system.
More Resources for YouStarting a farm is, well, kind of a big deal. We’ve compiled a few of the resources that have been especially useful to members of the Hoosier Young Farmers Coalition.
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