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Online Sales Options & Methods for the Small Farm
Welcome to
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E-Commerce for the Small Farm
Learning Objectives:•Learn how e-commerce supports with marketing and sales•Gain basic understanding of e-commerce platforms•E-commerce adventures from the field: Learn from AM Ranch on adapting new platforms during Covid•Learn about CAFF’s new Tech Hub & existing resources
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CAFF advocates for family farmers and sustainable agriculture. We strive to build a movement of rural and urban people to foster family-scale agriculture that cares for the land, sustains local economies and promotes social justice.
Family Farmers + Sustainable Agriculture
About Us
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About Us
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Creating a Small Farm Tech Hub
Complete poll to sign-up for free support and resources.
About Farmer Services
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Technology & Digital Strategy
Your Business Plan
Marketing Strategy
Digital Strategy
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Current Trends & Expectations
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Current Trends & Expectations
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Current Trends & Expectations
“…The real key is going to be how do we continue to sustain this moving forward…”
- Travis Forgues, Organic Valley
“I love the CSA model, but the CSA model by itself is 30 years old, and a lot has changed in the food marketplace, in technology, in customer expectations….it’s a totally different world now.”
- Chris Duke, Wisconsin Farm Owner
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Current Trends & Expectations
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Current Trends & Expectations
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Current Trends & Expectations
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Budget for Marketing
Marketing Strategy
Reach
Engagement
Conversion
Retention13
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Technology & Digital Strategy
The E-Business Landscape• Product Mix & Marketing Channels
• Website
• Actually Selling Products
• E-Commerce!
• Pricing, Shipping, Order Fulfillment
• Budget & Affordability
• Evaluate Options 14
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Technology & Digital Strategy
E-Business strategy
SEO CRM
Plug-ins!
RSS??
APIs?
Web 2.0
E-Commerce
SaaS Platform 15
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E-Business & E-Commerce Strategy
1. Do you already have a website for your farm business?
2. Do you already have a point of sale (POS)?
3. What do you want to be able to do?
4. How easy is the platform to use, both for the shopper and the seller?
5. How much does it cost?
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E-Commerce Strategy
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Dozens of Options!
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Resources
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Resources
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Resources
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Resources
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Examples
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We’ll follow up with recording, resources, and a 1 page document providing you an overview of what we covered today! And don’t forget…
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E-Commerce Adventures from the Field!
Ciara Shapiro, AM Ranch
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AM Ranch
Who We Are, Operations, Sales• Started in 2014• Pasture Raised, beef, pork, lamb, goat and
eggs.• Farmer’s Market in 2015• Restaurant sales 2017• Business changed 2019 70% restaurant
sales.• Business plan 2020 was increasing
restaurant/butcher shop sales.
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AM Ranch Impact of Covid on Sales & Operations• Business plan 2020 was increasing restaurant/butcher shop sales.• Major Decline in restaurant sales• Product already planned out for the year• Less whole animal and all into cut and wrap. $$$$$• Initial fear of potentially no Farmer’s Market• Emergency plan B
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AM Ranch
Our E-Commerce Adventure: Trials and Tribulations
• Graze Cart- expensive, incorporating square/farmer’s market
• Shopify• Square- already using for farmer’s
market• Didn’t have a website, easy to
build.• INVENTORY!! Main seller.
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AM Ranch
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AM Ranch
Advice and Lessons Learned• Do research, it’s not a one size fits all.
Each business is going to need something different.
• Use resources available to you (CAFF, google, etc)
• It was/is a safety net for us. Lots of different opportunities in it, shipping, wholesale, etc.
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Q&A with presenters
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Thank you!
• We’ll follow up soon to Poll respondents on support with online sales
• Subscribe to CAFF’s mailing list for farmer resources & events. https://www.caff.org/subscribe-to-our-mailing-list/
• Thank you for attending! Additional questions? Feel free to reach out! [email protected]
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