Comments on: Find Your Farmers : 4 Best Web Tools to Help You Eat Local http://www.groveproject.org/2008/01/04/find-your-farmers-4-best-web-tools-to-help-you-eat-local/ A concentration of local citizen journalists Tue, 06 Jan 2009 13:52:51 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.2 By: Pages tagged "Tools" http://www.groveproject.org/2008/01/04/find-your-farmers-4-best-web-tools-to-help-you-eat-local/#comment-401 Pages tagged "Tools" Sat, 05 Jan 2008 07:13:49 +0000 http://www.groveproject.org/2008/01/04/find-your-farmers-4-best-web-tools-to-help-you-eat-local/#comment-401 [...] online community. The best part is ... it's all 100% free! check them out here: Join Hey Nielsen! Find Your Farmers : 4 Best Web Tools to Help You E... saved by 1 others     ThirstinHowLIII bookmarked on 01/05/08 | [...] […] online community. The best part is … it’s all 100% free! check them out here: Join Hey Nielsen! Find Your Farmers : 4 Best Web Tools to Help You E… saved by 1 others     ThirstinHowLIII bookmarked on 01/05/08 | […]

]]> By: Susan http://www.groveproject.org/2008/01/04/find-your-farmers-4-best-web-tools-to-help-you-eat-local/#comment-393 Susan Fri, 04 Jan 2008 21:05:26 +0000 http://www.groveproject.org/2008/01/04/find-your-farmers-4-best-web-tools-to-help-you-eat-local/#comment-393 While it's not the most reliable (I'm not sure how often it's updated or whether all the information is verified to begin with) the NC Agriculture Department's marketing division offers several directories on their website at http://www.ncfarmfresh.com/ The cut-your-own-tree list is still highlighted, but there are also lists of CSAs, nurseries, roadside markets, etc. For those it includes, it provides contact information, website if they have one, and mapquest directions. I know it doesn't have the Black River Organic Farm mentioned here recently (which I am signing up for) or any other CSAs in this area, but it does offer a few useful things like pick-your-own farms. And maybe if they got some complaints about the things that exist and aren't included, they'd update it so that everyone could benefit from it! While it’s not the most reliable (I’m not sure how often it’s updated or whether all the information is verified to begin with) the NC Agriculture Department’s marketing division offers several directories on their website at http://www.ncfarmfresh.com/

The cut-your-own-tree list is still highlighted, but there are also lists of CSAs, nurseries, roadside markets, etc. For those it includes, it provides contact information, website if they have one, and mapquest directions.

I know it doesn’t have the Black River Organic Farm mentioned here recently (which I am signing up for) or any other CSAs in this area, but it does offer a few useful things like pick-your-own farms. And maybe if they got some complaints about the things that exist and aren’t included, they’d update it so that everyone could benefit from it!

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