Websites for
Farms & Farm Markets

• What’s in season. A simple page or post you can update weekly during harvest.
• Where to find you. Farm stand hours, farmers’ market days, CSA pickup points and stockists.
• Ways to buy. CSA sign-ups, online orders for pickup, or shipping for shelf-stable products like syrup and honey.
• Your story. How long you’ve farmed, how you grow and who does the work.
• Wholesale and agritourism. Pages for restaurants and retailers, and for u-pick, farm tours or events.

Selling online changed a lot for small farms. A store for pre-orders and pickup saves time on market days, and products that ship well can reach customers across Canada. I’ve built farm stores on WordPress for Haskap Highland and Hutchinson Acres, and I’ll help you decide what to sell online and what’s better kept to the farm stand.

For more on running a small shop, my post on eCommerce best practices for small shops covers the basics.

Farm websites have to survive long stretches when nobody has time to touch them. I design yours so it still looks current in a hectic July and makes sense in a quiet February. Evergreen pages like your story, your growing practices and where to buy do most of the work, while a single seasonal section on the homepage carries what’s fresh, what’s coming and when the farm stand opens. I’ll train you to update that section from your phone in a couple of minutes.

For farms with agritourism, such as u-pick days or farm dinners, I can add event pages and simple booking forms. If you’d rather not think about software updates and security at all, annual maintenance starts at $150, so the site stays healthy while you’re in the field.

A farm logo needs to look right on a market banner, a berry box, a jar label and a truck door. I design agriculture logos that are simple, honest and easy to reproduce in one colour. If you’re in the Valley, we can meet in person, which I do for many local clients. See my page on web design in Kentville and the Annapolis Valley for more about working locally.