Front page
The corkboard by the feed store register, online.
Local news, a directory of who to call, classifieds, and a Farm Stand where your neighbors sell what they raise. One site for every county, run by someone who lives there.
Rural information is scattered across Facebook groups, Craigslist and word of mouth. The local papers keep closing, and the apps built for suburbs don't know where the dirt-work guy lives. The Feed Store puts the whole corkboard in one place: a dirt work number, hay for sale, the church fish fry, who won Friday night, and what the commissioners did Tuesday.
Two things anchor each county site. News keeps people informed about their county, with public records setting the agenda and every meeting covered the same way. Farm Stand helps the farmers and ranchers down the road sell meat, eggs, produce and honey straight to their neighbors. The directory and the classifieds pay the bills.
Every county site is run by one local County Operator who gets admin rights to the county in exchange for a share of what it earns: a retired newspaper editor, a teacher, a realtor, the person who already runs the county Facebook group. Well connected, steady, and not running for office.
Run your county
Cover the public meetings, approve listings and events, keep the board civil, sell the local ads. Training, templates and the busywork automated. Exclusive territory while you meet the minimums, and a share of everything the county earns.
Free for farms, free to read
A farm profile never costs anything; a full Farm Stand is what brings buyers back every week. News is free to read. Local businesses pay to be found: featured listings, section sponsors, the weekly email.
The weekly county email
Top stories, new listings, what's fresh at the farms, and what's coming up. One email a week, one sponsor per issue. Sign up on any county's front page.