Great! Find a way to distribute it. Everyone I know that’s done farm to table, or CSA etc dreads delivery day. I run a specialty shop, and I’d love more local business but I’m not driving $5 of product across town. I have 2-3 people that would buy produce from me. Begging in fact. I’m not driving a half hour to meet you, and I’m not spending a half hour chatting about $10 of lettuce. I even like these people, but I like my family more and I need to get paid so I can hang out with them and feed them.

Ideally, you would sell ultra local and 15 minute cities would be perfect for this. What happens when you want my specialty product? I serve a niche group. For example, your Swiss steels in the background picture. Even in a major metro, there’s probably only enough Swiss steel enthusiasts to support one or two Swiss steel makers.

In reality, Amazon has taken very little of my business. I also do service, and it’s even more niche than the sales, and also more lucrative per job. Most of all, it’s more mentally demanding per job, so I don’t mind that Amazon is undercutting me because if I’m working on a $200 job and someone walks in the door my concentration is broken whether they want to give me another $200 job or they want to chat with me for 30 minutes about which 75¢ part to buy.

I guess what I’m saying is, I do appreciate people shopping locally, and people do shop from me locally. I’d LOVE to have you shop from me locally! You said you are willing to pay more.

Most people that want to “support local,” they’re really saying that they don’t like to pay shipping. Many still want it the same or cheaper than Amazon, which is honestly kinda insulting. I’m worth more because I’m better not just because I’m local.