Member Spotlight

For farmers in the busy summer season it can seem like there aren’t enough hours in the day to get through everything on the to-do list. Two farmers, however, have found a way to maximize their marketing potential using FoodHub.

“Any time we spend in the office is precious,” said Christine Deck of Deck Family Farms in Junction City, OR. “I think the biggest challenge for our farm is the time it takes to solicit the sales.”

Deck Family Farm joined FoodHub soon after the site was launched and struggled at first to work it into their day-to-day business. Now, however, FoodHub is a part of their overall marketing efforts and, after setting up their profile, they’re finding that it takes just a short amount of time each day to start getting some attention. (more…)

This has been a big month for FoodHub. Really big.

In this newsletter we usually shine a spotlight on individual Members who have connected on FoodHub and tell their stories. This month however, the whole community is in the fine focus of the media!

One of our favorite stories was this stunning slideshow compiled by Sustainable Business Oregon showing how producers and chefs use FoodHub. We especially love the image of turkeys playing follow the leader with Tipping Tree Farm’s Ivan Maluski! Get an in-depth look into FoodHub’s recent developments in the accompanying article about FoodHub’s online facelift. (more…)

They are a local food triple threat. As growers, packagers and distributors in Zillah, WA, Bella Terra Gardens – along with the other branches of their company, Barbee Orchards and Obert Cold Storage – bring local produce to local buyers. They’ve been in business since 1914 and had one food market left to explore: local schools.

But they didn’t learn that schools were buying more local items by word-of-mouth. They found them on FoodHub.

Since joining FoodHub last fall, Gregg Everts of Bella Terra said he has made five connections with buyers from their Spokane, Seattle and Portland delivery triangle. (more…)