Table 6.
Code guide for edge typologies (types of relationships)
| Code | Description |
|---|---|
| Farmers’ market | Self-identified farmers’ market |
| Grocery Store/wholesale | Includes national chains, co-ops, and small markets (but not farm stores) |
| Distributor/food hub | A third party that serves as an intermediary between producer and consumer; examples: food hub, home delivery service of multiple producer's goods |
| Catering company | Company that offers on- or off-site catering (may also be associated with a restaurant) |
| Farm to farm | One farm or producer selling directly to another farm or producer |
| School | PK-12 or college/university. Also includes dining service operators that work within schools |
| Hospital | Medical hospitals |
| CSA pickup (customer to farm) | Customer goes to the farm to pick up their CSA share |
| CSA pickup (farm to location) | A location other than the farm at which a customer can pick up their CSA share |
| Farm visits | Farm offers farm visits for schools/education |
| Farm stand | Farm sells their products at an on-site farm stand or store |
| Value added producer | A company that buys produce/product directly from the farm to produce a value added product (such as a hot sauce or jam company that does not operate a restaurant) |
| Restaurant | Includes brick and mortar locations, coffee shops, bakeries, food trucks, and farmers’ market vendors who turn farm goods into value added products that they sell at a farmers’ market |
| Donation | Donation sites, such as food banks or churches |
| Box scheme | Produce delivery services |
| Online sales | Online sales direct from the farm |
| You-pick | Farms with a "you pick" option where customers can come directly to the farm to pick their own produce |
| Mobile farmers’ market | Farmers’ market "truck" that brings fresh produce to communities |
| Butcher to farm | A butcher shop that sells their meat at farm stands |
| Donation (raised beds) | Donations from raised bed gardens to the Chester county food bank (particular to Chester) |
| Fresh2you | A specific program of the Chester county food bank for distributing fresh food in the county |
| Farm to winery | Farms that sell fresh product to wineries (for the restaurant of the winery) |