On a warm afternoon at The Farmstand in Silex, Missouri, a customer pulls into the gravel drive, fills a bag with tomatoes still warm from the sun and drops dollar bills into a payment box. The scene feels old fashioned, but is increasingly familiar. Missouri outpaces every neighboring state in the number of farms selling directly to the public: 3,215, according to the University of Missouri Extension.

Roadside fruit stand with shelves displaying bags of oranges and lemons, handwritten signs, and a grassy path alongside a hedge.
Farm stands are back, and this time, they’re using social media and preorders to grow. Photo credit: Depositphotos.

Originally published on fooddrinklife.com, part of the BLOX Digital Content Exchange.

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