diff --git a/content/posts/2025-09-08-from-accidental-discovery-to-agricultural-infrastructure-building-the-worlds-first-online-farmers-market-2002-2011.md b/content/posts/2025-09-08-from-accidental-discovery-to-agricultural-infrastructure-building-the-worlds-first-online-farmers-market-2002-2011.md index 9ead6e76..165c0aa3 100644 --- a/content/posts/2025-09-08-from-accidental-discovery-to-agricultural-infrastructure-building-the-worlds-first-online-farmers-market-2002-2011.md +++ b/content/posts/2025-09-08-from-accidental-discovery-to-agricultural-infrastructure-building-the-worlds-first-online-farmers-market-2002-2011.md @@ -3,12 +3,12 @@ title: "From Accidental Discovery to Agricultural Infrastructure: Building the W 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 preview: "" -draft: true +draft: false tags: - locallygrown categories: - locallygrown -lastmod: 2025-09-08T23:28:22.451Z +lastmod: 2025-09-09T00:20:46.135Z slug: locallygrown-origin-story --- @@ -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