Author: OSU Small Farms Program
Publish Date: Fall 2014
The USDA has just announced the launch of three new online Local Food Directories, including
a Community Supported Agriculture Enterprise Directory, Food Hub Directory, and On-Farm
Market Directory.
The Community-Supported Agriculture (CSA) Enterprise Directory will list farms or farm
networks that offer delivery of locally-grown products; the Food Hub Directory will provide
information on businesses or organizations that can organize the marketing of products to
multiple buyers from multiple producers; and the On-Farm Market Directory will list farms with
on-premise sales.
Like the Farmers Market Directory, there is no cost to be listed in any of the three new USDA
directories and it is easy and quick to update and keep your information (e.g., new hours, new
products) fresh.
USDA is currently requesting that managers and owners of local food entities enter their business
information in the new directories. All CSAs, food hubs and farm markets owners/managers need
to do is go to http://usdalocalfooddirectories.com/, then click on “Add or Update a Listing,” and
then click on CSA, Food Hub or On-Farm Market.
You can also expediently bring up-to-date the information about your farmers market in the same
manner by accessing this page.
Once a sufficient number of operations have been listed in the new directories, they will be
available for public viewing in addition to USDA’s Farmers Market Directory. The numbers of
directories required before the directories become available are provided on the pages.
Contact us at: directoryupdates@ams.usda.gov if you have any questions concerning the three
new Local Food Directories.
The directories are managed and operated by the USDA’s Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) with the core
mission of facilitating the fair and efficient marketing of U.S. agricultural products.
The USDA has just announced the launch of three new online Local Food Directories, including a Community Supported Agriculture Enterprise Directory, Food Hub Directory, and On-Farm Market Directory.
The Community-Supported Agriculture (CSA) Enterprise Directory will list farms or farm networks that offer delivery of locally-grown products; the Food Hub Directory will provide information on businesses or organizations that can organize the marketing of products to multiple buyers from multiple producers; and the On-Farm Market Directory will list farms with on-premise sales.
Like the Farmers Market Directory, there is no cost to be listed in any of the three new USDA directories and it is easy and quick to update and keep your information (e.g., new hours, new products) fresh.USDA is currently requesting that managers and owners of local food entities enter their business information in the new directories.
All CSAs, food hubs and farm markets owners/managers need to do is go to http://usdalocalfooddirectories.com/, then click on “Add or Update a Listing,” and then click on CSA, Food Hub or On-Farm Market.You can also expediently bring up-to-date the information about your farmers market in the same manner by accessing this page. Once a sufficient number of operations have been listed in the new directories, they will be available for public viewing in addition to USDA’s Farmers Market Directory. The numbers of directories required before the directories become available are provided on the pages.
Contact us at: directoryupdates@ams.usda.gov if you have any questions concerning the three new Local Food Directories.The directories are managed and operated by the USDA’s Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) with the core mission of facilitating the fair and efficient marketing of U.S. agricultural products.