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 description: The origin story of LocallyGrown.net - from failed cooperative to pioneering agricultural platform serving 100+ markets across North America.
 date: 2025-09-08T23:13:31.219Z
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   - locallygrown
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   - locallygrown
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 slug: locallygrown-origin-story
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@@ -167,7 +167,7 @@ By 2010-2011, when I was giving presentations about LocallyGrown, the Athens mar
 
 - **60 active growers** using the platform
 - **1,500 regular customers** placing 200 or more weekly orders
-- **$10,000-12,000 in weekly sales** flowing through the system
+- **$10,000–12,000 in weekly sales** flowing through the system
 
 But the real validation came from replication. The platform expanded to support **50+ markets processing orders across North America** (and then 75, 100, and more), with **10 more markets getting started** at any given time. Each market operated independently with its own subdomain, branding, and community, but shared the same robust technical infrastructure.
 
@@ -238,5 +238,5 @@ _This is part one of a series documenting the creation, evolution, and rescue of
 2. The 23-Year Rescue Mission: Saving Agricultural Innovation from Technical Extinction
 3. The Architecture Challenge: Translating 19 Years of Rails Logic to Modern SvelteKit
 4. Crisis Response: When Launch Day Goes Wrong
-5. Lessons from the Solo Developer + AI Trenches
+5. Lessons from the Solo Developer Using Modern Tools
 6. The Future: Building on Modern Foundations