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

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Post by gabemart » Mon, Nov 20, 2017, 1:32 PM UTC

Show HN: Fruits and vegetables in season in your zip code
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Post by aluminussoma » Mon, Nov 20, 2017, 2:53 PM UTC

I like this! This was an idea I toyed around with in my head for a long time. I am glad to see you actually implement it.

One suggestion I have is this: it would be great if there was a way to "peek" ahead and see what other items will soon be coming into season within the next 1-2 weeks.

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Post by codingdave » Mon, Nov 20, 2017, 2:54 PM UTC

No, not quite accurate -- the only results it returned are apples and cherries. Apples are 100% correct. Cherries are not. And there are a plethora of squashes and pumpkins recently harvested, as we just had our first frost last week, so the list is clearly incomplete.

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Post by dbingham » Mon, Nov 20, 2017, 2:55 PM UTC

Neat!

But you've got some work to do to get the data in there. I put in my Southern Indiana zip code and got 12 results back. Only one was actually anywhere near my zipcode (or even in my state). The rest were anywhere from 200 - 500 miles away. Sorry, but I don't consider Maryland to be local to Indiana.

I would suggest you work on getting data about local farms in there, and then tighten up the constraints for what is considered "local".

At the very least, in the results paragraph, change the display from "12 for your zipcode" which is just flatly false to "1 for your zipcode and 11 in the broader region" or something of that nature.

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Post by ringaroundthetx » Mon, Nov 20, 2017, 2:58 PM UTC

Very cool, I always wondered about things like this but it was verrry low priority

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Post by inetknght » Mon, Nov 20, 2017, 2:58 PM UTC

200+ miles away. Holy hell. Are the farms really that far away?

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Post by exabrial » Mon, Nov 20, 2017, 2:59 PM UTC

> Chile Peppers > Chaves County, New Mexico (607 miles) > In peak season

I guess there's a reason we call this hunting season... deer, turkey,pheasent, quail, dove plus many non-game animals (hogs, etc) are in season in the midwest.

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Post by motardo » Mon, Nov 20, 2017, 3:02 PM UTC

How can I use this to help me eat locally? I put in my zip code for Raleigh, NC (27601), and it gives me a result of: Cabbage in Pasquotank County, but there is no contact information. How can I get some of that cabbage?

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Post by ryanweinstein » Mon, Nov 20, 2017, 3:05 PM UTC

A great start! So exciting to keep an eye on this

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Post by AdmiralAsshat » Mon, Nov 20, 2017, 3:05 PM UTC

Very neat idea. I'd like to make the following suggestions:

1) Some vendors of said produce. If I can get grapes that were grown 5 miles away, awesome! Now where can I buy them?

2) A filter that lets me determine the maximum distance allowed. I ran a search based on a Northern Virginia zipcode and it recommended me some Bell Peppers from Georgia...609 miles away. We're not exactly "local" at this point. Simply having a filter option to stop it from showing me anything farther than 50 miles away would be useful.