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For vegetable farms
Online farm store for vegetable farms
A vegetable farm's online store changes every week. The setup that works publishes what is harvestable, opens an order window, offers pickup and delivery, and turns orders into a harvest and pack list.
Built for vegetable farms. Set up for you, on the tools you already use.
The short answer
Publish this week's availability from the harvest plan, open orders until a cutoff, offer pickup sites and delivery days, and print harvest and pack lists from the orders. Run it alongside or instead of a CSA.
How it works
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Weekly availability
What is ready this week, with quantities, updated from the field.
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Order windows
Orders open and close on set days so harvest matches demand.
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Pickup and delivery
Pickup sites and delivery zones with set days.
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Harvest and pack lists
Orders add up into what to harvest and how to pack each order.
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Weekly email
The availability list goes out when the window opens.
Works with what you already run
Already on one of these? We work with what you have before suggesting a switch.
- Local Line
- Barn2Door
- GrownBy
- Shopify
- Square
See what this looks like for your business
Tell us what you make. We send back a short plan and a price.
How it works
Tell us what you make
What you make and what you use now. A spreadsheet and a Square account is a fine answer.
Get a short plan
Keep this, replace that, connect these, and the cost.
We set it up
Setup and migration done for you. You approve before anything goes live.
Run it or hand it off
Take it from there yourself or keep us on for the upkeep.
Questions
What is the best online store for a vegetable farm?
Local Line, Barn2Door and GrownBy are built for farms with changing weekly availability; Shopify works with apps. It depends on whether you also run a CSA or sell wholesale.
Can I run an online store and a CSA together?
Yes. Many farms use the store for add-ons and non-members alongside the CSA.
Can I set pickup sites?
Yes, with days and times for each.
Can Madeline's set this up?
Yes. Store, availability, order windows, pickup and delivery, and pack lists.
Get a plan and a price
Tell us what you make and what you use today. A spreadsheet and a Square account is a fine answer. We reply by email with what we would keep, what we would change and what it costs.
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