Show HN: Fruits and vegetables in season in your zip code

Post by matt_the_bass » Thu, Nov 23, 2017, 2:59 PM UTC

contingencies wrote: post #113

gabemart wrote: post #11

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Thanks for the feedback - this is very first version, and there are a lot of improvements to make. I think you're right about the wording, reading it with fresh eyes it is very confusing, and I'll change it ASAP. Right now, all the farm information data is pulled from aggregated USDA data so there is a ton of work left to do to get better, finer-grained results. My plan is to look at which zip codes get the most quer…

Interesting project, not clear on the model for commercialization if any. Here in China we are looking at seasonality as a potential differentiator for our own food offering - http://infinite-food.com/ I think there are a few challenges with offering this as a commercial service. Firstly, the data. You stated you have a USDA data feed, that's great but is going to come away limited by its sources and I'd hazard a gue…