Veggie Trader: A Craigslist for Local Produce

[supernova]

Once in a while HuffPo comes up with something good.

This website will be great if more people get on it. Right now it's just primarily Oregon and California, but then Craigslist wasn't everywhere at first, either. Can we give them some DU love?

:D

How great would it be if there were want ads in your local newspaper or on Craigslist for organic fruits and vegetables, grown in your town, by your neighbors? A new website - Veggie Trader has sprung up that offers exactly such a service–a purchasing and bartering clearinghouse for locally grown fruits and vegetables.

Veggie Trader describes itself as the "place to trade, buy or sell local homegrown produce." The idea is simple: you register on the website and then offer to purchase, sell, or trade any manner of surplus fruits or vegetables. If you have too many tomatoes and want to see if anyone nearby has a surplus of peaches or peppers, you can log on, run a search, and find out who in the neighborhood may be willing to exchange with you.

It's a great way to offload additional produce and exchange it for something that you might be unable to grow in your own yard, but that another gardener may specialize in growing. It's totally free to join, and costs nothing to post an offering, or place a wanted listing.

The website only started four months ago, and is definitely still in its infancy. Despite that, they have over 6,000 people signed up so far. The folks who have registered thus far are concentrated on the U.S. West Coast in California and Oregon, but since the website is still starting out, it could very well extend to your neighborhood. You can help make the website grow by registering and offering to buy, sell, or trade for whatever produce you have or may want.


Article: http://planetgreen.discovery.com/home-garden/care2-veggie-traders-produce.html

Website: http://www.veggietrader.com/

[kestrel91316]

1. VERY cool.

[supernova]

2. Thanks, I think so

I think it's a good way for neighbors to get together and share, not necessarily big producers or those who go to farmers markets. Though, those are definitely fine things. Veggie Traders seems to want to work on a smaller scale.

[buzzycrumbhunger]

3. Cool

That's a good companion to utilizing CSA, which is nationwide. I was surprised to learn there are actually several organic farms in my area that will even deliver weekly a good assortment of whatever's in season. You can even get a discount if you're able to volunteer an hour a week. :)

[supernova]

4. CSAs are good if you have a houseful

For us singles, not so much. :D

There is definitely room for both in this system.

:_)

[mdmc]

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