what is myrealfoods?

myrealfoods helps you create a delivery network for your food organization.
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myrealfoods will save you significant time in running your CSA, buying club or farm direct sales. It provides ordering, delivery or pickup scheduling, and customer management. The service has been instrumental in the rapid growth of two large farm-direct buying clubs in the Northeast. It is intended to be easy to use for smaller food producers to conduct business and connect with their customers. The service will also allow the public to search for and locate local food vendors or clubs. The system can be customized by you (with admin control panels) to suit specific needs.

who it's for & how it works

Farms, CSAs, Co-ops, Buying Clubs, and Food Buyers will benefit from using this system. Buyers will be able to search for publicly visible farms and clubs and then sign up to join them. Some clubs choose to be private, and you may join them by invitation only.

single farm or vendor

For Selling on-farm, at greenmarkets, through a CSA and/or on a delivery schedule. This is a common and simple setup for one farm or vendor. The myrealfoods online system displays who you are & what you sell, has a calendar based online shopping cart customized to your schedule, collects orders, allows posting of alerts & information, and provides printable invoices & reports.

buying club working with one or more independent farms

This buyer club-centric model was first created for the NYC metro area where it has proved highly successful. This scenario allows for more control by the buyers/club. In addition to delivery scheduling and calendar based ordering, club managers can administer all aspects of their group including membership registration, posting news or information, dues payments, volunteering tracking, and uploading club contracts. (Please see our features list for more information)

what do I have to install?

Nothing! myrealfoods hosts and maintains the entire service for you.

customer support

We are available by phone and email. Most issues can be resolved within 12-24 hours. We are here for you!

signing up

To use the myrealfoods online system, you first register (farms, selling vendors, CSA's, clubs) with a client account, and we will have you set up in just one or two days.

additional cost

We offer useful extra services for a nominal fee:

Bulk Email Sending

You will need this if you will send more than 100 emails per day. This could happen if you have more than 50 members/buyers and you email them all in one day. You can avoid bulk emailing if you wish, but keep in mind that emails are sent (according to your settings) when people sign up, place orders, receive reminders, etc. Our servers have hourly "free" email limits (to avoid blacklisting), so we must pass on the cost of emailing when we go above our server limits. Please contact us for more information.

myrealfoods can customize and build a specific set of features for you. This involves programming and support labor costs. We are flexible and will always work with you to create a fair price for creating the exact features your unique business needs.