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June 11, 2025
2 min read

Farmers Friend + Local Line: Stronger Together for Small Farms

Exciting new partnership between Farmers Friend and Local Line to empower small farms with smart software, innovative tools, exclusive offers, gear discounts, and expert resources to help your farm grow.
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June 5, 2025
5 min read

How Ahiki Acres Uses Local Line to Power Pre-Orders and Grow Community

Discover how Ahiki Acres uses Local Line to streamline pre-orders, support small farmers, and grow their market garden in Waimanalo, Hawaii.
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Man on cellphone working on a farm
June 3, 2025
13 min read

Farm Marketing: How to Create a Farm Marketing Plan (Examples + Ideas)

Build a farm marketing plan and use practical farm marketing ideas to attract customers, boost sales, and grow your business online and in person.
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Cattle
June 5, 2025
5 min read

How Ahiki Acres Uses Local Line to Power Pre-Orders and Grow Community

Discover how Ahiki Acres uses Local Line to streamline pre-orders, support small farmers, and grow their market garden in Waimanalo, Hawaii.
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Cattle
May 30, 2025
4 min read

How Tops Friendly Markets Streamlined Local Procurement Across 150 Stores with Local Line

Learn how Tops Friendly Markets streamlined local sourcing across 150 stores with Local Line, saving time and scaling their Tops Loves Local program.
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Cattle
May 15, 2025
4 min read

How Switching to Local Line Made Sales Easier for Walnut Lane Farm

Learn how Walnut Lane Farm boosted sales, saved time, and simplified farmers’ market pre-orders by switching from Barn2Door to Local Line.
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New Feature
Workshops
April 23 at 3 PM ET

Local Line Discover: Connecting Local Food Networks

Introducing Local Line Discover–the easiest way to strengthen regional food systems and expand your wholesale opportunities.
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Pricing
Workshops
Recorded on April 2, 2025

Price for Profit: Farmer’s Guide to Pricing Products

Join Ellen Polishuk of Plant to Profit and Glen Young of Cold Springs Organics for a live, hands-on pricing exercise designed to help you price for profit this season.
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New Feature
Workshops
Recorded on March 5, 2025

Inventory Made Easy: Introducing Product Variants

Join us for our launch event introducing Product Variants, the latest Local Line feature designed to simplify your inventory, streamline your storefront, and give your customers more options—all without cluttering your product listings.
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Courses and e-books

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Wholesale
E-book

Wholesale Readiness Program

This e-book library was created to guide you, the farmer, through all the steps needed to start selling to wholesale buyers.
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The Roadmap to Profitable Pick Up and Delivery roadmap
Fulfillment
Report

The Roadmap to Profitable Pick Up and Delivery

Having trouble choosing your pick up and/or delivery plan settings? Use this roadmap to find out what successful farms and foods hub are using in Local Line!
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Sales
E-book

5 Ways to Sell Out by Thanksgiving

End your season strong with five selling tactics to boost sales, clear inventory, and keep customers excited for next season!
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Latest videos

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Local Line guide to inventory management

Understanding your orders table

Use your Local Line orders table with ease! In this video, Alison walks you through the orders table, including filters, bulk actions, and exports.
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Local Line guide to inventory management

8 ways to sell more with email marketing

Email marketing is one of the most effective marketing strategies for small businesses. When used right, it can be both relationship-building and profit-building. Learn more!
The Farmer's Guide to Selling and Marketing

Ready Farmer One

What if you could increase your farm sales, reach new customers, streamline your sales process, and get back all the time you spend at the farmers’ market? What if this was all possible from your office?
The right sales & marketing strategy makes all of this possible, and Ready Farmer One is the blueprint.  
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Ready Farmer One Book

Calculators

Minimum Order Value Calculator

Calculate your Minimum Order Value (MOV) for your farm products to ensure you stay profitable.
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