I had a chance last week to meet with Neil Brody Miller to talk about his new project, .
Farmshed is an iPhone app (I'm hoping there's an Android app in the future) that lets you see nearby farms, farmers markets and locally-owned restaurants. The download times are getting faster (it's a fairly large database), and Neil clued me in on a few upcoming changes, including organizing everything by distance (it's currently alphabetical) and further organizing what farms do (meat? veggies? organic?).
Neil met me at , and we chatted a bit about our backgrounds. He's an old (70s-era) punk with an entrepreneurial mentality, great ideas, and a love for all the stuff that's going on here. He particularly mentioned and the guy who introduced us, Marty Butts of .
Watch for more coming on Farmshed. If you're the iPhone sort, download the app (it's free). Here's a miniaturized version of the brochure:
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