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USDAs Local Food Directories Ed Ragland Economist Carlos Coleman Agricultural Marketing Specialist Americo Vega-Labiosa Agricultural Marketing Specialist Agricultural Marketing Service U. S. Department of Agriculture 2018

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USDA’s Local Food Directories

Ed Ragland –Economist Carlos Coleman – Agricultural Marketing Specialist Americo Vega-Labiosa – Agricultural Marketing Specialist Agricultural Marketing Service

  • U. S. Department of Agriculture

2018 National Agricultural Marketing Summit September 17, 2018

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USDA’s Local Food Directories

Helping farmers that sell agricultural products direct from the farm to connect with their customers.

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Why List in USDA’s Local Food Directories

  • Its’s Free
  • On-line
  • Listing is self-service, and updates appear within 2 business days
  • Markets can be mapped
  • Driving instructions to your market are available
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Why List in USDA’s Local Food Directories, (cont.)

  • National in scope
  • Policy makers and planners use it to estimate the size of the sector
  • App developers access the data
  • Your voice heard through surveys
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USDA’s Local Food Directories is a family of direct to customer directories:

  • Farmers Market Directory
  • Community Supported Agriculture Directory
  • Food Hub Directory
  • On-Farm Market Directory
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History of USDA’s Farmers Market Directory

1994 – 2000 hard copy FM Directory published every other year 2002 – 2008 electronic FM directory data available every other year 2009 – electronic FM directory data available every year 2010 online directory - updated annually

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History of USDA’s Farmers Market

Directory (cont.)

2011 online directory - updated quarterly 2012 online directory - updated monthly 2013 - Current -- online directory - updated every 2 business days 2014 - added 3 new directories CSA, Food Hub, On-Farm Market

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History of USDA’s Farmers Market

Directory (cont.)

Survey of farmers market managers – listed in Directory

  • Identify trends in FM sector
  • Increase the dialogue about the sector and elevate the discussion
  • Provide suggestions to the sector to improve market revenues
  • Office of Management and Budget, (OMB) raised the bar
  • National Agricultural Statistics Service, (NASS) collaborating

with Agricultural Marketing Service, (AMS)

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NASS/AMS 2020 Survey of U.S. Farmers Market Sector

  • First statistically sound look at the entire FM sector
  • First time that FM data will be reported by NASS
  • First population estimate of the FM sector in the U.S.
  • Survey will be voluntary
  • FM Directory will only show updated listings
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USDA’s National Farmers Market Directory lists:

markets that feature two or more farm vendors selling agricultural products directly to customers at a common, recurrent physical location.

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USDA’s National CSA Directory lists:

farm or network/association of multiple farms that offer consumers regular (usually weekly) deliveries of locally- grown farm products during one or more harvest season(s) on a subscription or membership basis.

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The Food Hub Directory lists:

businesses or organizations that actively manage the aggregation, distribution, and marketing of source- identified food products to multiple buyers from multiple producers, primarily local and regional producers, to strengthen the ability of these producers to satisfy local and regional wholesale, retail, and institutional demand.

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USDA’s National On-Farm Market Directory lists:

markets managed by a single farm operator that sells agricultural and/or horticultural products directly to consumers from a location on their farm property or on property adjacent to that farm.

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Update of Local Food Directory Platform

  • unique and stable ID’s
  • direct to customer enterprises will list on the same platform sharing contact

information across directories

  • API users will have to fill out survey prior to getting access to data so API

users can be identified and communicated with regarding data updates

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Update of Local Food Directory Platform

  • Agri-tourism directory will be added to platform
  • Community garden directory will be added to platform
  • Information hub will be built to allow FM managers to share

information with State Associations, State Dept. of Agriculture, Market Maker ……

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Who uses USDA’s Local Food Directories?

  • Researchers (who would want to download the

whole database)

  • Buyers of local food
  • Potential market suppliers
  • Supplementary businesses (e.g. mid-scale processor) who

might place a business near a cluster of hubs

  • Researchers doing feasibility studies
  • Lenders understanding the local food marketplace
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Why does it matters?

  • 1. Marketing Tool
  • 2. Research and policy making
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How to search in USDA’s Local Food Directories www.usdalocalfooddirectories.com

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  • National Farmers Market Directory
  • Payment methods accepted
  • Address
  • Products
  • Number of vendors
  • Operating days and hours
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  • National Food Hub Directory
  • Legal status
  • Type of wholesale markets served
  • Type of direct-marketing served
  • Production practices required by product
  • Operational services offered
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Purp rpose e of th the U USDA DA Nati ational Far armer ers Ma Market Man Manager S Survey?

  • Collects information about farmers market trends and

activities to assis ist mana nage gers wit ith t h the heir ir o

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  • Provide benchmark data and information that can help

info inform d decis isio ion-makin ing fo g for lo local a l and nd regio giona nal fo l food pla lanne nners

  • Inform the public about one of the more important

marketing channels for new, beginning, and smaller- scale agricultural businesses

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Constantly Evolving Conditions and Drivers for Farmers Market Development

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ition ions f from rom t the Ma Manager’s P Pers rspective

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Popular ar Market keting S g Strat ategies egies

1% 1% 2% 2% 3% 3% 7% 7% 15% 15% 24% 24% 0% 5% 10% 15% 20% 25% 30% SERVED AS AN AGGREGATION/ DISTRIBUTION POINT FOR LARGE VOLUME SALES TO WHOLESALE BUYERS (E.G. FOOD HUBS) MOBILE FARM MARKET SATELLITE/ OUTREACH MARKETS IN FOOD DESERTS MARKETED DIRECTLY TO FOOD SERVICE MARKETED DIRECTLY TO RESTAURANTS SERVED AS A COMMUNITY-SUPPORTED AGRICULTURE (CSA) ENTERPRISE PICKUP/ DROP OFF POINT

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ts H Hosti ting A Alte ternati tive Marketing Ch Channels

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Socra crata ta Web eb Rep Reporting and and O Open Dat Data Pl Plat atform

  • "A Look in the Mirror" - allow market managers to query

farmers market attributes similar to their own to gain a sense of what markets like themselves do and how they perform using survey data

  • "Sector Snapshots" - curated high level statistics on the

farmers market sector using survey data

  • "Counting Markets" - publicize farmers market

participation in the Local Food Directories and estimated counts at the State, Regional and National Level

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2020 National al F Farmers M Marke ket Manag nager er Survey w ey with NASS

  • The first scientific estimate of the number of farmers

markets located in the U.S. (Web scraping)

  • The first National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS)

survey of the U.S. farmers market sector (Instrument Design, Cognitive Testing, Pre-survey mailings)

  • Information about farmers market operations,

management, and performance

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How can an YOU U hel help?

  • Market Managers – Update your listing in the USDA

Farmers Market Directory http://www.usdalocalfooddirectories.com/farmersmarketdi rectoryupdate/FM_Portal_Public.aspx

  • FM Association Directors and State/Municipal Contacts –

Send Farmers Market Lists to the Directory/Survey team Edward.Ragland@ams.usda.gov AmericoJ.Vega-Labiosa@ams.usda.gov CarlosP.Coleman@ams.usda.gov

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Farmers Market Exchange App Poster Session

Monday, Sept 17, 3:15pm. Crystal Ballroom, 1st floor.

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Edward Ragland, Economist Carlos Coleman, Agricultural Marketing Specialist Americo Vega-Labiosa, Agricultural Marketing Specialist USDA, Agricultural Marketing Services Marketing Services Division Phone: (202) 720-8317 E-mail: Edward.Ragland@ams.usda.gov

E-mail: CarlosP.Coleman@ams.usda.gov

E-mail: AmericoJ.Vega-Labiosa@ams.usda.gov Website: www.usdalocalfooddirectories.com