The Salt & Soil Marketplace, a virtual farmer’s market serving Haines and Juneau, has seen a moderate increase in both vendor participation and customer sales over the course of 21 weeks of sales, which began in late June in Haines.
Salt & Soil is an online platform in which food producers—from farmers and fishermen to value-added processors—and crafters list their wares on a weekly basis. Customers register with the site then shop for goods from…