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Internet Farmer http://www.internet-farmer.com Planting Your Seeds Online Mon, 18 Jul 2011 06:08:08 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 en hourly 1 Planting Your Seeds Online no A Demonstration of Zen Cart Shopping Cart for Farmers http://www.internet-farmer.com/2011/03/e-commerce/a-demonstration-of-zen-cart-shopping-cart-for-farmers/ http://www.internet-farmer.com/2011/03/e-commerce/a-demonstration-of-zen-cart-shopping-cart-for-farmers/#comments Tue, 22 Mar 2011 18:07:23 +0000 Jeremy http://www.internet-farmer.com/?p=432 http://www.internet-farmer.com/2011/03/e-commerce/a-demonstration-of-zen-cart-shopping-cart-for-farmers/feed/ 0 The following is a basic demonstration of a local-food-oriented shopping system for online ordering followed by in-person pickup.Â An add-on module is available if you manage multiple pickup locations. The design may be different on your shopping cart, but these functions are basically the same. <h3 style="text-align: center;">First we setup your products and categories and producers through simple forms like this in the shopping cart manager</h3> <img style="border: 1px solid black;" title="edit-product" src="../wp-content/uploads/edit-product.jpg" alt="edit-product" width="500" height="375" /> <h3 style="text-align: center;">If you have added our Multi-Location module, you’ll setup all of your pickup locations</h3> <img style="border: 1px solid black;" title="location" src="../wp-content/uploads/location.jpg" alt="location" width="500" height="206" /> <h3 style="text-align: center;">When you are open for shopping, people easily browse the site and add products to their cart as they go.</h3> <img style="border: 1px solid black;" title="add-to-cart" src="../wp-content/uploads/add-to-cart.jpg" alt="add-to-cart" width="500" height="257" /> <h3 style="text-align: center;">As they shop, things are added to their shopping cart</h3> <img style="border: 1px solid black;" title="shopping-cart" src="../wp-content/uploads/shopping-cart.jpg" alt="shopping-cart" width="500" height="220" /> <h3 style="text-align: center;">While the customer goes through the checkout process, they are asked for a pickup location (if you use that module)</h3> <h3><img class="aligncenter" style="border: 1px solid black;" title="billing-pickup" src="../wp-content/uploads/billing-pickup.jpg" alt="billing-pickup" width="500" height="218" /></h3> <h3 style="text-align: center;">After confirming their order, a shopper gets an email receipt</h3> <h3><img class="aligncenter" style="border: 1px solid black;" title="email-receipt" src="../wp-content/uploads/email-receipt.jpg" alt="email-receipt" width="500" height="406" /></h3> <h3 style="text-align: center;">After the order is closed, you can easily view and edit customer’s orders if you need to</h3> <img style="border: 1px solid black;" title="edit-order" src="../wp-content/uploads/edit-order.jpg" alt="edit-order" width="500" height="287" /> <h3 style="text-align: center;">Print paper receipts for customers or you use them as part of your order distribution process</h3> <img style="border: 1px solid black;" title="invoice" src="../wp-content/uploads/invoice.jpg" alt="invoice" width="500" height="405" /> <h3 style="text-align: center;">With a special add-on for Zen Cart from Apsona, you can access all the information you need for operations.Â Pick sheets, order sheets, and the ability to [...] The following is a basic demonstration of a local-food-oriented shopping system for online ordering followed by in-person pickup.Â An add-on module is available if you manage multiple pickup locations. The design may be different on your [...] MOFGA Annual Meeting http://www.internet-farmer.com/2010/01/podcasting/mofga-annual-meeting/ http://www.internet-farmer.com/2010/01/podcasting/mofga-annual-meeting/#comments Sat, 16 Jan 2010 21:58:53 +0000 Jeremy http://www.internet-farmer.com/?p=394 http://www.internet-farmer.com/2010/01/podcasting/mofga-annual-meeting/feed/ 0 At the 2010 Dept. of Ag Show in Augusta, MOFGA held their annual member meeting.Â For those who missed it, here you are… At the 2010 Dept. of Ag Show in Augusta, MOFGA held their annual member meeting.Â For those who missed it, here you are… 2010 Maine Departement of Agriculture – Growing Grains in Maine http://www.internet-farmer.com/2010/01/farming/2010-maine-departement-of-agriculture-growing-grains-in-maine/ http://www.internet-farmer.com/2010/01/farming/2010-maine-departement-of-agriculture-growing-grains-in-maine/#comments Fri, 15 Jan 2010 16:26:42 +0000 Jeremy http://www.internet-farmer.com/?p=390 http://www.internet-farmer.com/2010/01/farming/2010-maine-departement-of-agriculture-growing-grains-in-maine/feed/ 0 I attended the show on the first day and sat in on this discussion about addressing “what’s happening in Maine with growing our own grains”, the session was full of people doing great things with grains. Enjoy! I attended the show on the first day and sat in on this discussion about addressing “what’s happening in Maine with growing our own grains”, the session was full of people doing great things with grains. Enjoy! MOFGA’s Farmer to Farmer Conference http://www.internet-farmer.com/2009/11/farming/mofgas-farmer-to-farmer-conference/ http://www.internet-farmer.com/2009/11/farming/mofgas-farmer-to-farmer-conference/#comments Fri, 20 Nov 2009 03:35:00 +0000 Jeremy http://www.internet-farmer.com/?p=368 http://www.internet-farmer.com/2009/11/farming/mofgas-farmer-to-farmer-conference/feed/ 0 This was my first trip to the <a href="http://www.mofga.org/Default.aspx?tabid=293">Farmer to Farmer Conference</a>, and I had a great time. I really loved the location.Â Everyone was super nice and down to earth, smart and fun loving.Â The younger farmers with the kids in tow are beautiful, and I got to share some food and laughs with lots of farmers I buy from here in Portland at the Farmer’s Market and through the <a href="http://www.portlandfoodcoop.org">Portland Food Co-op</a>. A big thank you and shout out to Melissa White at MOFGA. You’ve given me some great learning opportunity, and a fun project for me that is also serious.Â If I can’t be a farmer, volunteering to support the ways of the small organic farmer is the next best thing. OK, on to the audio recordings from around the conference... Each recording is around 2 hours 15 minutes.Â The audio towards the end where it is discussion may be too low, but it’s worth hearing. Keynote Address E. Ann Clark, Associate Professor, <a href="http://www.plant.uoguelph.ca/faculty/eclark/" target="_blank">University of Guelph, Ontario Canada</a> Farm Financial Planning Richard Wiswall, Cate Farms New Food Safety Policies: What do they mean for your farm? Russell Libby, MOFGA Executive Director Cheryl Wixson, MOFGA Jim Ostergard Natural and Organic Honeybee Keeping for Crop Pollination Ross Conrad, Dancing Bee Gardens Christie Hemenway, Gold Star Honeybees Luis Feliciano, Miel Farm & Apiary Reganoâ¢ Project for Parasite Control Diane Schivera, MOFGAâs Organic Livestock Specialist Perry Ells, Ells Farm This was my first trip to the Farmer to Farmer Conference, and I had a great time. I really loved the location.Â Everyone was super nice and down to earth, smart and fun loving.Â The younger farmers with the kids in tow are beautiful, and I [...] Common Ground Fair 2009 http://www.internet-farmer.com/2009/10/farming/common-ground-fair-2009/ http://www.internet-farmer.com/2009/10/farming/common-ground-fair-2009/#comments Fri, 02 Oct 2009 00:11:37 +0000 Jeremy http://www.internet-farmer.com/?p=347 http://www.internet-farmer.com/2009/10/farming/common-ground-fair-2009/feed/ 0 My friend Tim and I decided to ride our bikes to the fair from Portland. It was great, but more difficult that most rides because of our camping gear and clothes.Â Loved every second of it! Working with <a href="http://www.mofga.org">MOFGA</a>, I was able to create a new volunteer job for myself. As the Internet Farmer might do, we wanted to record some speakers who discussed topics in areas that MOFGA does not have a regular specialist for so that anyone can learn.Â Being the Internet Farmer, I of course agreed, and hope to see a podcast of this great material someday. Enjoy the photos and recordings… <embed type="application/x-shockwave-flash" src="http://picasaweb.google.com/s/c/bin/slideshow.swf" width="400" height="267" flashvars="host=picasaweb.google.com&captions=1&noautoplay=1&hl=en_US&feat=flashalbum&RGB=0x000000&feed=http%3A%2F%2Fpicasaweb.google.com%2Fdata%2Ffeed%2Fapi%2Fuser%2Fjeremyrain%2Falbumid%2F5405987598479674849%3Falt%3Drss%26kind%3Dphoto%26hl%3Den_US" pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer"></embed> The audio files are in a very raw form, and each is about one hour. There is several minutes of dead air at the beginning of a couple of recordings, so be patient or click on the bar to fast forward a bit. Michael Phillips – Home Orchard Basics Will Bonsall – Backyard Grain Will Bonsall – Food Legumes Russ Conrad – Current State of Beekeeping: Organic Solutions for Healthy Hives Charles Yelton – Permaculture Principles Mark Fulford – Plants, Minerals & Biology: an Inseperable Relationship My friend Tim and I decided to ride our bikes to the fair from Portland. It was great, but more difficult that most rides because of our camping gear and clothes.Â Loved every second of it! Working with MOFGA, I was able to create a new [...] Ross Conrad, beekeeping, organic, farming, mofga