Salt and Soil Marketplace, an internet-based farmer’s market, has seen about five orders per week since starting in June, but an organizer said she expects business will pick up with harvest of more local vegetables in late summer.
“So far, it’s had a slow start in Haines… Some of the demand is already met through the weekly (farmer’s) markets,” Pochardt said. “As more things become ready to harvest, there will be a lot more produce…