Covid-19 has shown us the inherent "Cracks in the JIT (Just in Time) System," which makes finding a good local farmer / farms imperative.
Heads Up:
- Texas Rancher ~ Forced euthanasia of beef ~ Nt’l food system in big trouble
- "The food supply chain is breaking," Tyson says as plants close
- Coronavirus forces farmers to destroy their crops
Local Solutions:
- Acres USA
- Farm to Consumer Resource Page
- Missouri Food Finder
- Virtual farmers market opens in Colorado Springs
- Phoenix metro area: Group develops online platform for farmers to sell food amid COVID-19
- Ventura County local farms and markets
- Phoenix metro area: Group develops online platform for farmers to sell food amid COVID-19
- Welcome to Windy N Ranch Your Source for Clean, Certified Organic, Animal Welfare Approved Meats & Eggs
Related Reading:
- The Solari Food Series
- Solari Food Series: Leading a Food Revolution with Symbria and Sara Patterson
- Local Food's Congressman Has Primary Challenge
- How We Can Eat Our Landscapes
We invite you to share your sustainable local food supply chain solutions:
this is fantastic and it give me all kinds of ideas to bring others to them
I am a retired public health research scientist turned ‘ranch hand’. I spend my summers working with a small local rancher (www.windynranch.com) in Central Washington to produce ‘clean meat’ where livestock are pasture fed and finished and butchering is animal welfare – approved (butchering onsite). In addition to tractoring in pastures, participating in 2 hay baling cycles, running a tedder and hay baler, I run a sales booth at our local farmer’s market. Here I educate the public on what the industrial meat industry has done to our meat supply and the wonderful high quality and principled alternatives that are available just miles away. We sell meat products online and, also run booths in the Greater Seattle area. This dedicated family is being hit hard right now as are many of the small farmers and produce growers. Lets get out and support these heroes!
WindynRanch joined the Barn2door.com online platform last year to better broadcast their products. It is a wonderful resource to find your local farmer/rancher. Check them out!
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http://www.barntodoor.com
From their website:
We are the largest Farm vertical commerce software provider in America.
-Your brand, customers and store on every channel (website, email, social, mobile)
-Dedicated account manager, real-time chat, support team
-Manage your orders, inventory, payments and deliveries
-NO markups, NO percent of sales, NO Buyer fees
– Unlimited orders and fulfillment options
Thanks, Allison. And a BIG BRAVO!!!!!!