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Introducing Local Line Hub 2.0
At Local Line, we want to support farmers and increase access to local food. That’s why today we...
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How Brown Sugar Produce Built the CSA of Their Dreams with Local Line
Brown Sugar Produce is a family-owned and operated produce farm located just outside of Brandon,...
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How This Missouri Family Farm Meets Demand Online Using Local Line
Arcenio and Karin are former U.S. Marines turned farmers. Their farm, Wolf Creek Family Farm, is...
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How Wolf Creek Family Farm Sells By Weight Using Local Line
More and more farms are diversifying their revenues. From running a CSA program, adding laying...
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Updates to our 'Starter Plan', now sold at $29/month
In February 2022 we launched an innovative new pricing tier called ‘Starter’ in which farms could...
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Local Line Launches in The UK, Ireland, Australia and New Zealand
Local Line began with an idea. I was frustrated that the food grown closest to you is the most...
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How to Sell Meat by Weight Online Using Local Line
For many farmers, sticking to pack sizes doesn’t make sense for their business. For example, if...
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The Top 5 Local Line Sales Reports You Need to Be Using for Your Farm
Let’s talk data. Farming successfully relies on many data inputs. You monitor rain, soil health,...
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Direct Marketing Farmers Are Selling More Online
Diversifying your sales channels helps ensure the long-term success of your business. This is true...
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7 Local Line Best Practices To Increase Your Online Sales
Get the most out of your Local Line account! Using all the features to the fullest will allow you...
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How to Take Product Photos for Your Online Farm Store
A lot goes into building a beautiful online store. Great product descriptions, a stand-out brand...
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How This CSA Increased Their Average Sales with Local Line
Since moving their CSA online, Milky Way Farm’s sales have seen a noteworthy increase in their...
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How to Write Product Descriptions That Sell
When you’re selling food online, your product descriptions and product photos are the most...
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Upselling and Cross-Selling: How to Increase Your Order Size
The most frequent question we get from farmers is how can I increase my order size to meet my...
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How to Start an Online Food Business: In Six Steps
Jams, Bread, Eggs, Microgreens? If you have a green thumb or can kill it in the kitchen, here’s how...
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How to Sell Flowers Online
Flower farmers, let’s make market days a little bit easier.
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Building a New Food System, One Digital Farmer at a Time
As the world has industrialized and digitized, locally grown foods have become harder and harder to...
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Local Line 2.0: The Best Platform Ever Built for the Local Food System
After working for over a year, we are excited to welcome you to a whole new Local Line experience....
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Sell More, Spend Less: How this California Farmer Sells Online
Kathryn, from Laughing Duck Farm out of Newcastle, California, started selling online in late 2019....
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How This Microgreens Farmer Took Control of Their Sales
Leveraging Data as a Farmer We all know data plays a large role in success. Starting their...
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Local Line Now Seamlessly Integrates With Other Apps
Your Local Line account now seamlessly integrates with your most commonly-used digital tools! We...
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Wild Flight Farm Sells Direct, Wholesale, and At-Market Using One Tool
Hermann and Louise Bruns, founders and owners at Wild Flight Farm in Mara, British Columbia, have...
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Local Line Debuts Robust Reporting & Analytics Dashboard for Farmers
This new feature saves you time and energy by giving you accessible insights and data in...
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How Local Market Balances Online and In-Person Sales Using Local Line
Located in Fernie, British Columbia, the team at Wildsight Elk Valley and Mountain Market wanted to...
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