We are going to take a break from blogging from mid July to the end of August. We know you are busy, so we'll take some time to focus on some other projects and get back to blogging in about a month.

Anxiously awaiting more? First, sign up for email updates, so you'll get our blog posts in your email when we start up again.

After you are done with that, there's lot of great content to read from our 2009 blog posts.

Farm Web Marketing Tips

• Create a testimonial page on your site to collect all that positive feedback.
• Twittering for the farm: Part 1 & Part 2
• Create a "name that vegetable" page for customers new too cooking with fresh, local ingredients.
• Farmers are getting into social networks like Twitter, Facebook, and MySpace.

• 3 Reasons Why the Web Works for Farms.

• How to take more pictures for your farm website or blog.

Small Farm Central features

• Slick Google Maps directions pages right on your website.
• Welcoming the Member Assembler, our CSA signup and management tool. (Much more for the 2010 season coming on Dec, 1, 2009)
• Member Assembler 2008 sign-up season in review.
• All about premium templates.

Fun Stuff

• Blooming Idiosyncrasies from Mad Magazine, 1967.
• Pepsi Throwback uses real sugar instead of high fructose corn syrup.
• "Playing with your Food" -- food art by a photographer from Brazil, Vanessa Dualib
• The wind is at our back! In local food and ag, we're booming.

Sites of Interest

• Yes, We Can promotes community canning events in the Bay Area.
• A review of the Eat Wild grassfed directory.
• It's Spring in the Small Farm Central universe.
• Read about Broadened Horizons Organic Farm in Tennessee.