Consumers worldwide are rediscovering the benefits of buying locally grown food. It is fresher than anything in the supermarket and that means it is tastier and more nutritious.
Family farmers sell their products directly to consumers through various avenues.
Ultimately, consumers will only find it useful if it is thoroughly populated, and direct-market farmers and market managers will only want to maintain a listing if consumers go there reliably. You can participate in the building process by encouraging your farmer and market manager friends to visit localharvest.org and sign themselves up right away. They approached Ocean Group with the idea and like a fertile seed it grew and expanded into the current site. We are grateful to the farmers who helped us shape this site and chase the bugs out, and we always welcome comments from users. Today, Local Harvest is a sprouting seed bed, with basic listings seeded from the USDA directory of CSAs and Farmers' Markets.