Internet Farmer

Making Local Food Easier

jeremy@internet-farmer.com — Mon, 18 Jul 2011 06:06:57 +0000

We wanted to let everyone know that recently our handy work was featured in a Portland Press Herald article. The piece, titled Soup to Nuts: In Maine, eating local just keeps getting easier, discusses several ways people can get local foods onto their dinner table. Among them are a new business called Clara Burke Kitchen [...]

A New Internet Farmer

jeremy@internet-farmer.com — Tue, 10 May 2011 06:06:10 +0000

I am excited to announce a big change at Internet Farmer. As of today, the company goes from me, Jeremy Bloom, the Internet Farmer, to an official partnership. The new addition is Matt Hokanson (aka Hoke), a friend, excellent programmer, and, in general, good guy. Over the past couple of years we’ve been developing a [...]

A Demonstration of Zen Cart Shopping Cart for Farmers

jeremy@internet-farmer.com — Tue, 22 Mar 2011 18:07:23 +0000

The following is a basic demonstration of a local-food-oriented shopping system for online ordering followed by in-person pickup. An add-on module is available if you manage multiple pickup locations. The design may be different on your shopping cart, but these functions are basically the same. First we setup your products and categories and producers through [...]

CapeSopo Market Makes Press Herald – And so did the Internet Farmer

jeremy@internet-farmer.com — Wed, 29 Dec 2010 19:49:45 +0000

A couple days ago, a new client of the Internet Farmer made news for the work we are doing together. Yay for them, and yay for us! Enjoy… http://www.pressherald.com/news/group-grows-winter-business-with-online-farmers-market_2010-12-27.html If you are interested in our system that does this, please see our E-Commerce service page.

Common Ground Radio DEBUT

jeremy@internet-farmer.com — Wed, 09 Jun 2010 14:21:26 +0000

After getting their recent newsletter I found MOFGA to be doing a weekly radio show up in Blue Hill, ME. You can hear it online if you are not in the listening area. For me, this is very exciting to hear people I see at the big events, and who organize many of the events [...]

I am Krazy for Kombucha

jeremy@internet-farmer.com — Tue, 16 Feb 2010 18:13:48 +0000

Meridith Goad, food writer for the Portland Press Herald, wrote an article on Kombucha a few days ago and it inspired me to share this food. Kombucha, a fermented tea, is new for me, and I love it. Tea and water are great, but Kombucha goes the extra mile. Sweet, tart, a little fizz, and [...]

MOFGA Annual Meeting

jeremy@internet-farmer.com — Sat, 16 Jan 2010 21:58:53 +0000

At the 2010 Dept. of Ag Show in Augusta, MOFGA held their annual member meeting. For those who missed it, here you are…

2010 Maine Departement of Agriculture – Growing Grains in Maine

jeremy@internet-farmer.com — Fri, 15 Jan 2010 16:26:42 +0000

I attended the show on the first day and sat in on this discussion about addressing “what’s happening in Maine with growing our own grains”, the session was full of people doing great things with grains. Enjoy!

MOFGA’s Farmer to Farmer Conference

jeremy@internet-farmer.com — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 03:35:00 +0000

This was my first trip to the Farmer to Farmer Conference, and I had a great time. I really loved the location. Everyone was super nice and down to earth, smart and fun loving. The younger farmers with the kids in tow are beautiful, and I got to share some food and laughs with lots [...]

NYT: Marketing Your Business With Facebook

jeremy@internet-farmer.com — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 00:10:28 +0000

A great article on getting started as a small business on Facebook was in the NY Times today, was the “Most Emailed”. Follow these words of wisdom, and you’ll make a good showing. http://www.nytimes.com/2009/11/12/business/smallbusiness/12guide.html After you read the article, keep in mind that with Internet Farmer’s Newsletter Blog, you can automatically update your Facebook page, [...]