Farm Together Jam

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Theultimate farming experience!

From the creators of Avatar Farm comes Farm Together, the ultimate farming experience!

Start from scratch, with a small plot, and end with a huge farm that extends further than the eye can see!

Grow your farm

Grow crops, plant trees, take care of the animals, and much more! Spend your hard-earned money in new buildings and facilities for your farm! Earn experience to unlock hundreds of new items!

Hop onto your tractor and speed up the tasks, but watch out or you'll run out of gas!

Chill out

Stay for as long as you want! In Farm Together time advances even if you're not online, so you can be sure you'll have something to do when you come back later.

Manage your farm all by yourself, allow entrance only to your friends, or open it to the public and start cultivating together! A simple permission system allows you to limit what strangers can do, so they can help with it without risks of vandalizing.

Customize your farm and your looks

You'll have plenty of customization items at your disposal: Fences, roads, buildings, decorations... Show your gardening and decoration skills to your neighbours!

And don't forget about your clothes! Customize your avatar and your tractor to your liking, and go visit your friends' farms!

Take your pet anywhere

Are you a cat person or a dog person? No problem, we got you covered!

Your loyal friend will always be there to show you some love! Customize its looks however you like and have fun with it!

Build your own house

Want a change of pace? No problem! Just enter your house and relax!

Decorate the house interior however you like, and spend some time cooking some recipes, painting, or even composing music!

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Manage your farm all by yourself, allow entrance only to your friends, or open it to the public and start cultivating together! A simple permission system allows you to limit what strangers can do, so they can help with it without risks of vandalizing.

Farms Together coordinates collaboratives of small and mid-scale family and BIPOC farmers to provide healthy, fresh, and local food to California families in need while opening up access to new and emergent marketplaces for local food. Through Farms Together, food hubs and aggregation partners work directly with producers to bring finished farm boxes and bulk food pallets to food banks and other community sites for distribution.

Farms Together was developed by the California Association of Food Banks (CAFB), Fresh Approach (FA), and the Community Alliance with Family Farmers (CAFF) with original support from the CA Dept. of Social Services & CA Dept. of Food & Agriculture via the US Dept. of Agriculture Local Food Purchasing Assistance Program.

A: The goal of this project is to directly support socially disadvantaged and BIPOC growers in particular. We are requiring that vendors provide a list of their farmers with demographic information. We are trusting vendors to be forthcoming and honest in providing this information. However, accountability will be an ongoing responsibility of Farms Together administrators. In the farm supplier list required we will be requiring contact information of farms and as part of the reimbursement process, vendors must provide payment receipts or invoices to paid farmers. If we find reason to be concerned about the falsified identification of farms or the underutilization of farms provided in the vendor application, vendors may be barred from future contracts. Further, Farms Together will continue to be transparent about our accountability processes and decision-making.

If the food is instead being delivered in bulk, the vendor will be providing price and availability lists directly to partner food bank or community food distributor. The bulk overhead reimbursement has been set at 20%.

A: This was a very keen point brought up in the focus group and one the Farms Together team discussed. Based on this feedback, we will be changing what we stated in the focus group and previously. As of now, we will be only issuing the added graded points to American Indian and Alaskan Native growers and not those originating in Latin American countries. However, please remember that all Latino and Indigenous growers of any descent do receive priority points as determined by their identification as Socially Disadvantaged Farms under the USDA definition. The added point designation for American Indian and Alaskan Native and Black growers is due to the particular underrepresentation of those growers in California.

A: Farms must self-identify as a Socially Disadvantaged Grower. The parameters of Socially Disadvantaged growers set by California Department of Social Services & Farms Together Network Administrators are:

A: Contracted vendors are assigned an account manager to work closely with them and their food bank partner. Vendors are encouraged to talk to their account manager at the onset of a potential conflict to resolve their problems. We do have a grievance procedure in process for vendors and food banks that will be explained upon onboarding.

A: Given food safety constraints, the Farms Together team will itself not be paying contracted vendors directly for animal protein. However, should a partner Food Bank or Community Food Distributor have a need and desire for animal protein, those organizations will be allocated money who in turn can enter purchasing agreements with Farms Together vendors for animal proteins. Payment and delivery terms in this scenario would happen directly between those agencies and not be mediated by Farms Together.

A: Third party certification is not required for program participants. . We understand that for many farmers third party certification is a financial burden. We are trying to move away from using GAP/other audits to prevent small farmers from participating. If your operation does have a food safety certification, the certification can be used to satisfy the food safety requirements.

A: Yes. The food safety requirements depend on whether your operation is a farm, informal aggregator or food hub/distributor. Generally, the program requires participants to practice Good Agricultural Practices (GAPs) and current Good Manufacturing Practices (cGMPs), indicate their status under the Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA) Produce Safety Rule or the Preventive Controls Rule, and in some cases, provide documentation like a food safety plan. We understand that food safety is a complex subject. We are in the process of creating resources for participants to access in order to meet the minimum food safety requirements. checklist with general requirements for participants to follow in the absence of any previous food safety plan.

A: No. Food hubs and other applying vendors will need to explain how they verify that the farms they source from follow Good Agricultural Practices, also known as their supplier verification process.

A: Aggregation vendors that do not handle food are considered value-chain coordinators, and have a separate application process. We ask for basic food safety requirements, such as a letter attesting that each farmer and each entity handling food does have a food safety plan. Other food safety aspects may be required upon application review.

Goodbye farm-to-table, hello farm-and-table! Enjoy a multi-course, seasonal and farm-inspired meal cooked on-site by local gourmet chefs. Each course is perfectly paired with local wine or beer. Come prepared to eat good food, drink well, and be in good company, all the while surrounded by the green pastures and rolling hills of our farm in Mondovi, WI.

We frequently host workshops, farm tours and on-farm events to build community, relationships and trust. We offer farm tours at 2 pm every Saturday June - August. Join us! You might even learn something!

If you enjoyed the cooperative farming fun of Farm Together and are ready to take your experience to the next level, Farm Together 2 just launched on Steam in Early Access, offering a bigger, better and more polished world to explore. With tons of customization options and a relaxing atmosphere, players are eager to know when the game will be available on Nintendo Switch, PS4, PS5 and Xbox consoles.

When asked about the Early Access period's duration, they responded that it should last 6 to 12 months, based on their experience with prior titles. Purchasing Farm Together 2 during Early Access grants you several benefits: a lower price than the final release cost, the chance to witness the game evolve alongside the community, and the ability to directly influence its development through your feedback.

On the bright side, Farm Together 2 devs confirmed that saves will carry over to the full release and should not be lost on any future updates. So, you can rest assured that your farm will be safe and sound, no resets required.

Cozy farming game Farm Together 2 has revealed a bunch of new customization options and improvements over the original game, ahead of its release on Early Access later this year. The original Farm Together was quietly one of the most interesting indie games of 2018, and it's finally getting a sequel.

Farm Together 2 was first announced last month, to the surprise of many fans of the original game. It has been six years since the original, so it may not have been surprising if developer Milkstone Studios had moved on to other projects. The announcement confirmed that in spring 2024, Farm Together 2 would enter Early Access on Steam, with a view to a later release on Xbox, PlayStation, and Nintendo platforms. According to the developer, this Early Access period is looking to run for approximately six months to a year, giving players a chance to test out Farm Together 2 before it's fully completed.

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