After the spinach and onion scares, people began to wonder… would it be better to buy my food locally? Hmmm.
I don’t think these scares started the ball rolling, but they didn’t hurt.
Jack Schultz who travels the US helping small towns revitalize noted the trend of local food.
Could you build a home business around creating a local food guide?
You could…
1. Give every producer a free listing.
2. Get the listings from the agricultural extension agencies, at farmers markets etc.
3. Your target would be consumers wanting fresh food so you’d sell ads to people wanting to reach these consumers. That may include non-agricultural businesses or producers wanting an “upgraded ad”… like the yellow pages.
4. You could also make it a paid membership website where search engines can index your listings but people going there can’t access them until they subscribe.
5. Or you could do both!
Note: for Jack, this is a project for a community non profit. But why couldn’t you do it as a self-employed publisher?
Here’s what Jack had to say:
When I was in Brevard, NC I picked up Local Food Guide: Fresh Foods from the Farms of the Southern Appalachians. The publication is an 86 page description and listing of hundreds of different farms, wineries, farmers’ markets, roadside stands and local restaurants in western NC. It is published by the Appalachian Sustainable Agricultural Program, a 501(c) non-profit organization that supports farmers and local communities by helping to develop local food production, “Local Food: Thousands of miles fresher!�
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