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  • From: "Tradingpost" <tradingpost@lobo.net>
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  • Subject: [Livingontheland] Veggie Trader: A Craigslist for Local Produce
  • Date: Fri, 26 Feb 2010 12:01:48 -0700



Veggie Trader: A Craigslist for Local Produce
John Chappell, Green Options
www.care2.com, USA | Wed Sep 16, 2009 12:00 PM ET
http://planetgreen.discovery.com/home-garden/care2-veggie-traders-produce.html

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: Trade, Buy or sell Local Homegrown Produce

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.

Veggie Trader has ambitions to expand to include dairy, eggs, and meat, all
items that are heavily regulated. The future may hold great things for Veggie
Trader, only time will tell if the site can attract enough members to gain
enough momentum to make a difference in the local food movement, but we're
certainly rooting for them.

Click on any of the following links for recipes that are great with local
produce: Tomato Bread Salad, Grilled Peaches, Arugula, and Goat Cheese Salad,
Grilled Apriums with Mascarpone, Roasted Eggplant with Mint, Cucumber Dip
with Fresh Dill, Grilled Cheese with Spring Onions & Escarole

Green Options Media is a network of environmentally-focused blogs providing
users with the information needed to make sustainable choices. Written by
experienced professionals, Green Options Media blogs engage visitors with
authoritative content, compelling discussions, and actionable advice. We
invite anyone with questions, or simply curiosity, to add their voices to the
community, and share their approaches to achieving abundance.




  • [Livingontheland] Veggie Trader: A Craigslist for Local Produce, Tradingpost, 02/26/2010

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