Random follow #171 - @TheFarmShop1

Its really nice when you discover a company or a business who are aligned to your way of thinking and ethic.  Living healthily, growing good crops and selling locally are all ideals that I deeply appreciate.  In a lot of towns now people can toddle along to the farmers market which is usually held on a Saturday or Sunday morning.  But where can you go all the rest of the time?

Well if you live in or around Hamilton there is now a shop in Gordonton who is doing just that.  Selling locally grown, baked, produced and crafted goods to all and sundry.  Sure there are plenty of small scale retailers out there and road side stalls where you can pick up fruit and vege's.  But that can be a gamble at times.  Making the time to stop or taking a gamble that if you just drive a little further there is a cheaper one just down the road (and there often isn't....)

What sets this little store apart?  Well they are on twitter.  This humble little store in the middle of the Waikato are choosing to share both their story and the stories of their suppliers with the entire world of twitter.

But what does a store tweet about?  How interesting can a shops tweets be?  Well lets have a look....

"12 strawberry plants for $5"  <--  cheap as chips!  Ba-doom-tish!

"Fresh bread for dinner with pirongia bacon?" <-- that right there is enough to get the mouth watering

"Fresh bread in store in 25 minutes!!" <-- just like mum used to make

Those are just a few randomly selected tweets.  There are actually heaps more where they are reaching out to local growers and suppliers in an effort to expand their product range.  And other conversations where they discuss whats good in store.  This is not a one way twitter account.  It can be a bit quiet from time to time but when they do tweet its worth reading.

@TheFarmShop1 local produce and goods being sold by locals to locals.  The perfect fair trade agreement.