For food ministries and church outreach
More time serving, less time on spreadsheets.
A food ministry website that tells neighbors when the doors open, with sign-ups, gift-amount wording and donations.
U-Neac Farmers builds custom websites for food ministries — an online store that takes the orders, keeps customers in the loop, and is set up for you.
For food ministries and church outreach
More time serving, less time on spreadsheets.
A food ministry website that tells neighbors when the doors open, with sign-ups, gift-amount wording and donations.
U-Neac Farmers builds custom websites for food ministries — an online store that takes the orders, keeps customers in the loop, and is set up for you.
Who we serve · Food ministries
Why a food ministry needs its own website
Your helpers, organized
"Fill every shift."
Give your helpers their own logins to pack and prepare. Need volunteer sign-ups and reminders around your shifts? We can custom-build them for your ministry.
Neighbors informed, with dignity
"Let neighbors know when the doors open."
Distribution days, pickup times and what is available this week - sent to the people you serve, with sign-up and order forms that keep lines short.
Gifts, donations and harvest shares
"Give, volunteer, or share your harvest - all in one place."
Gift-amount wording instead of prices, online giving, and a natural bridge to local farms with surplus to share.
Everything it does
One platform, built around how a food ministry serves
Steady ordersSubscriptionsAny item on your store can repeat on its own rhythm - weekly milk, every-other-week eggs, monthly beef. Members get a My Subscriptions page showing what is coming and when, and they can skip or change any single date themselves, right up to that week deadline.
- A rhythm per item — Weekly milk and monthly beef, side by side.
- One Subscribe & Save switch — In the cart and at checkout - nobody is signed up by accident.
- Members manage it themselves — They skip a week; you never hear about it.
The exact amountCharge-at-packCards are saved securely when a customer checks out, then charged the exact final amount when you pack. That means you can sell by weight honestly - the four pound roast charges for four pounds - with no awkward refunds afterward and nobody owing you money at the pickup spot.
- Saved at checkout, charged at packing — Nothing moves until the real total is known.
- Charged for what is packed — No estimating high and refunding the difference.
- Out of stock is never charged — If it did not go in the box, it is not on the card.
Per stop, every weekOrdering deadlinesEach pickup location and delivery zone has its own deadline day and time, weekly, every 2 weeks or every 4 weeks. Until that moment the customer's cart is their order and they can add or remove anything; when it passes, the order locks for packing on its own.
- A deadline per stop — Tuesday 9 am for one, Thursday night for another.
- A banner that counts down — Their stop, their pickup date, and the time left to order.
- Change it until the deadline — Signed-in members add or remove items; it saves itself.
They find their spotPickup locations & delivery zonesSet as many pickup spots and delivery zones as your farm actually runs, each on its own rhythm and its own ordering deadline. Every member sees a live banner telling them which pickup is theirs, what day it lands, and exactly how long they have left to add to the order.
- As many locations as you run — Farm store, church lot, feed mill, the Thursday route.
- Each on its own rhythm — Weekly, every other week, first and third Tuesday.
- A deadline per location — Each one closes and reopens on its own.
Friday night, sortedOffline packing screenPacking Day is a slip-style screen grouped by pickup location. You tick items off as they go in the box, type a weight and the price updates itself, and handle anything you ran out of with one button, which sends that customer a kind note. It works offline now, too.
- Grouped by pickup location — One stop at a time, not a stack of paper.
- Tick as you pack — Walk away, come back, it remembers where you were.
- Weights price themselves — Type 3.84 lb and the price is done.
Partners apply on your site and, once you approve them, get their own link, coupon code and QR code. When someone orders through them they earn the commission you set - 8% by default, or a flat amount - and it is paid after a holding period, as store credit or another way you choose.
- A link, a code and a QR code — For a blog, a flyer or a farmers-market table.
- The code works on its own — A customer typing it at checkout counts, no link needed.
- You set the rate — A percentage or a flat amount, per partner if you like.
The shortest way roundDelivery Route OptimizerIt takes the day's delivery stops and puts them in a sensible driving order, then gives your driver a phone screen with a map, a numbered list and one-tap directions in their favorite maps app. A photo marks each delivery, and the packing order follows the route so the van loads last stop first.
- Stops in driving order — Worked out inside your site - nothing extra to buy.
- A screen for the driver — A map, a numbered list, and big buttons - no login.
- One tap to navigate — Apple Maps, Google Maps or Waze.
Newsletters & newsEmail marketingNewsletters are kept separate from order emails, so somebody who unsubscribes from news still gets their order confirmations. Farms can use the built-in newsletter tool for lists, campaigns and segments, keep their own Mailchimp, or send a quick message to every customer from the dashboard.
- News and orders kept apart — Unsubscribing from one never stops the other.
- A built-in newsletter tool — Lists, campaigns and segments, inside your store.
- Message every customer — With their first name, a test to yourself first, sent gently over the day.
It sends itselfAutomations customized for youThe routine customer emails go out on their own: order confirmed, a reminder before the deadline, packed and charged, card declined, back in stock, and subscription reminders. Every one is written in your words, can be edited, and can be switched off - and we set them up around how your farm runs.
- Order confirmed — The moment an order lands.
- Deadline reminder — About a day before their order locks.
- Packed and charged — With the real weights and the exact amount.
The same platform, your model. Run a public store anyone can shop, a members-only store with its own prices, a private membership association with signatures and your own wording, or a ministry setup under the U-Neac Umbrella. You choose the door your customers come through.
- An open farm store — Anybody can browse, sign up in a step, and order.
- Members-only prices, or store — A setting, not a rebuild.
- PMA forms and signatures — Your wording, signed at the door, kept on the record.
You can sell downloads and your own courses on the same store as your food. A digital-only order is paid and delivered straight away, with no pickup location, minimum or delivery fee. Courses are built from lessons with video, text and printables, and can be free, free for members, or paid.
- Delivered instantly — No pickup, no minimum, no delivery fee.
- Lessons with video and printables — Paste a YouTube, Vimeo or Bunny link.
- Free, members-free, or paid — A refund takes access back on its own.
It is your farm's own private feed. Members share recipes, ask the farmer questions and see farm news, under topics you choose. Posts wait for your approval by default, phone numbers and addresses are blocked, and private messages go by email - so nobody's details are on show.
- Topics you choose — Farm News, Ask the Farmer, Recipes - or your own.
- Photos, likes and comments — Plus search and saved posts.
- Moderated by default — Posts wait for your OK before they appear.
There are three kinds: a Build-a-Box the customer fills from the categories you choose, a fixed ready-made box, and a flexible bundle with a saving. Every item lands on the order as its own line, so packing, weights, stock and reports work exactly as they do for any other order.
- Build-a-Box — They fill it from the categories you pick, with a minimum if you want one.
- Ready-made boxes — Your price, and each item comes out of its own stock.
- Bundles with a saving — A set price off while the whole set is in the order.
Set a tablet in your farm store or stand. A member types their email or phone and a short PIN, taps what they are taking - typing the weight for anything sold by the pound - and pays with the card already on their account, or exact cash if you allow it. Each sale is saved as a real order in your store, with the location, so your records and stock stay in one place.
- Members ring themselves up — Email or phone plus a 4-8 digit PIN, then tap the items.
- Card on file, charged right away — The same card they use online - or they add a new one at the register.
- Exact cash, if you want it — Switch on a cashbox option for members who pay in cash.
Done for youA built-for-you websiteWe set your store up for your farm - your name, colors, photos, products and pickup locations - starting from a fully furnished store rather than a blank page. Your customer list is brought over and each customer gets an invitation to set a password. After that you can change anything yourself, or never touch a setting.
- Starts furnished — Categories, pages and locations, ready to fill.
- Your look — Your colors, your headline, your photos.
- Your customers come too — Imported, then invited to set a password.
Build your farm’s profit
Switching to your new website, with our professionals
We’ll customize it so you don’t miss a beet.
Everything comes with you
We import your products, subscriptions, customers and orders from the old site, so you don’t lose a sale on the way over.
A look they already know
Customers don’t like big changes, so your new website is designed to feel like the one they are used to.
Emails that walk them over
We write customized emails that help your customers find the new site and settle in.
Your old links still work
Bookmarks, Google results and old product links land on the right new page — nobody hits a dead end.
Talk it through
Still have questions about how it works?
Book a meeting with the team. We’ll walk through your farm, your pickup spots and your customers, and show you exactly how it would work for you.
Straight answers
Questions food ministries ask
Can the store say "gift amount" instead of "price"?
Yes. Ministry wording runs through the store, the cart and the emails.
Do you have volunteer scheduling?
Not as a standard feature yet - we can build sign-ups and reminders around your shifts as part of your custom site.
Who is behind U-Neac Farmers?
U-Neac Ministry - a team that serves farmers and raw milk lovers around the world.
