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Reach nearby buyers
Show up in front of households specifically looking for local weekly food—not a broad national audience.
Founding farm program
More repeat customers. Less order chaos.
Acre & Home is recruiting 3–5 nearby farms for a hands-on pilot that helps local households order current farm products through one clear weekly process.
What Acre & Home does
A local sales channel built around the way farms actually operate.
The goal is not to replace your farm stand or farmers market. It is to make you easier to find and easier to buy from between market days.
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Know what to prepare
Use a defined ordering cutoff so you can harvest, bake, pack, or stage confirmed orders.
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Keep your identity
Your farm name, story, pricing, products, and fulfillment rules stay visible throughout the customer experience.
Approved founding farms
Free for the initial pilot.
No setup fee, monthly fee, or marketplace commission during the agreed pilot period. Any later pricing would be disclosed and accepted before charges begin.
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Hands-on setup
Dalton helps enter your farm profile and first products.
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You control availability
Nothing is promised to customers unless you approve it.
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No long-term commitment
The pilot exists to prove value for both sides.
Best pilot fit
Everyday products with repeat demand.
The strongest initial partners sell products households can purchase weekly or biweekly.
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Produce
Sweet corn, tomatoes, cucumbers, zucchini, peppers, greens, herbs, and seasonal fruit.
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Eggs and dairy
Properly permitted and handled products with reliable recurring supply.
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Bread and pantry staples
Sourdough, baked goods, honey, jams, and other compliant direct-to-consumer products.
The first meeting
A practical 20-minute conversation.
No technical sales presentation. Dalton wants to learn how you sell today, where ordering becomes frustrating, and whether a small pilot could produce measurable value.
Your operation
What you produce, when it is available, average order size, and current sales channels.
Your bottlenecks
Missed messages, uncertain demand, inventory updates, pickup confusion, or weak weekday sales.
A small test
Agree on a few products, one ordering window, and a simple way to judge whether the pilot worked.
Important from day one
Food safety and seller verification are not optional.
Before live ordering, each seller will be responsible for applicable permits, product labeling, safe storage, temperature control, and direct-to-consumer compliance. Acre & Home will document verification, but it will not represent that a seller is exempt without evidence.
This website is not legal advice. Requirements vary by product and operation; farms should confirm obligations with the Indiana Department of Health, Indiana State Egg Board, USDA, and local authorities as applicable.
Request a meeting
Let’s talk at your farm or a nearby coffee shop.
Dalton Smith is a local entrepreneur, experienced salesperson, and Army veteran with 3.5 years of service. He is building the pilot personally and wants farmer input before adding complex technology.
Farm questions
Clear answers before you commit.
Do I have to stop using my current website or farmers market?
No. Acre & Home is intended as an additional local sales and discovery channel, not an exclusive arrangement.
Who sets my prices and inventory?
You do. The pilot should never advertise a product, quantity, pickup time, or price you have not approved.
Will Acre & Home take possession of my food?
Not in the pickup-first pilot. The preferred first model is direct fulfillment by the farm at an approved pickup location. Any future aggregation or delivery model would require separate operational and compliance planning.
What does the pilot cost?
Approved founding farms pay no setup fee, monthly fee, or marketplace commission during the written pilot period. Post-pilot pricing would be presented before any paid service begins.
What should I bring to the first meeting?
A simple product list, rough prices, normal availability, current ordering process, pickup options, and any permits or certifications relevant to the products you want listed.