4. Emily Tzeng of Local Color Farm & Fiber
Direct-to-Consumer Marketing Strategies and Farmers Market Operations During COVID
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Episode Description:
In this episode of the Farm Walks Podcast, we dive into direct-to-consumer marketing with Emily Tzeng of Local Color Farm and Fiber in Puyallup, WA. We talk about developing marketing channels, building a brand, and the ways she adapted her CSA and farmers market approach during COVID. We then chat with Matt Kelly, Executive Director of the Queen Anne Farmers Market about farmers market operations during COVID and what’s in store for the 2021 season.
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Contributors:
The Farm Walks Podcast is collaboratively organized by Tilth Alliance and WSU Food Systems. This episode was supported in part by the U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Marketing Service’s Farmers Market Promotion Program.
Production Team:
Podcast hosted by Farmer Nicole Witham @farmernicole
Behind the scenes logistics and general wrangling by Erin Murphy and Teri Rakusin
Theme Music is, “Soil of Mississippi” by Abakis @abakismusic
Farm Walks website, logo, and pod art by Riled Up Goats @riledupgoats
Audio engineering and editing by Aaron Mason
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More Links
Find Emily and other awesome vendors at the Queen Anne Farmers Market! Opening day is June 21st, 2021!
Want to find a Farmers Market near you? Check out Washington State Farmers Market Association for a map of markets and farmers market guidance during COVID.
More information about Farmers Markets & COVID-19 from WSFMA and
WSDA COVID Information for Food and Agricultural Businesses.
Emily uses Harvie to manage her CSA.
Learn more about the Fresh Express Mobile Market - Tacoma and meet the other Fresh Express Farmers!
Emily mentions the other farms participating in her CSA. They are Sweet Alyssum Farm, Bright Ide Acres, and Sandal Strap Bakery.
Emily also mentions NYFC’s A Small Farmer’s Guide to Food Safety - free PDF version here.