Local Roots

The Mission: Community Food Resilience

What happens when supply chains break? When grocery stores can't stock shelves? Communities that grow their own food thrive.

Local Roots isn't just a marketplace - it's a movement to get more people growing food, sharing with neighbors, and building the local food networks that make communities resilient.

What Ambassadors Do

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Inspire People to Grow

This is the #1 job. Some neighbors already garden - help them see value in growing a little more. Others have never tried - show them how easy it can be.Every new grower makes our community stronger.

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Connect Growers to Neighbors

Help gardeners share their harvest through Local Roots. Set up their wallets, create listings, take photos. Turn that extra zucchini into $ROOTS tokens - and motivation to plant more next season.

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Encourage More Production

When gardeners earn from their harvest, they grow more. When they grow more, the whole community benefits. Help your sellers expand - more beds, more variety, eventually even homemade foods like jams, pickles, and casseroles.

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Keep the Community Trusted

Handle disputes fairly when they arise. A trusted marketplace grows faster. Your fairness and judgment keep Local Roots a place where neighbors want to buy and sell.

How to Build Your Local Food Network

🔍 Find & Inspire Growers

• Spot backyard gardens on walks around the neighborhood
• Talk to folks at farmers markets and community gardens
• "Extra produce" posts on Nextdoor? That's your cue!
• Encourage non-gardeners: "You have a sunny yard..."

🚀 Get Them Started

• Help them sign up with email or phone (easy!)
• Help create their first listing together
• Take good photos of their produce
• Show them how $ROOTS becomes real value

📈 Help Them Grow More

• Check in: "What are you planting next season?"
• Connect them with other local growers
• Suggest expanding: "Your neighbors love your tomatoes!"
• Introduce the idea of homemade goods (jams, pickles...)

🍳 The Future: Homemade Foods

• Help producers expand into prepared foods
• Casseroles, baked goods, preserves, sauces
• Guide them on local cottage food laws
• More production = more community resilience

Ambassador Rewards

💰 1 Year of Earnings Per Seller

When you onboard a new seller, you earn a percentage of their sales for their first full year on Local Roots. This rewards you for building the community - and keeps you motivated to find more growers!

25%

of each seller's sales

1 Year

per seller you onboard

Paid automatically from the $ROOTS treasury

Example: Onboard 10 sellers in Year 1. Each sells $100/month. That's $250/month in $ROOTS. Keep recruiting to keep your earnings growing!

🔄 Keep Growing, Keep Earning

The 1-year reward window means successful ambassadors are always recruiting:

• Onboard 10 sellers in Year 1 → earn from all 10
• Onboard 10 more in Year 2 → earn from 20 sellers
• Year 1 sellers "age out" → but you've added more!
• Steady recruiting = steady income

🏆 Recognition & Community

Ambassadors are recognized leaders:

• Special Ambassador badge on profile
• Leaderboard ranking by sellers onboarded
• Ambassador Discord for tips & coordination
• Early access to new features

👥 Grow Your Ambassador Network

Ambassadors can recruit other ambassadors and earn from their success too. When someone you recruit onboards sellers, you earn a commission on their earnings.

How it works: You recruit Alice as an ambassador. Alice onboards 5 sellers. Alice earns 25% of her sellers' sales - and you earn a percentage of Alice's ambassador earnings. Build a team of ambassadors and multiply your impact on community food resilience.

Become an Ambassador

Anyone can become an Ambassador. No approval needed. The more ambassadors we have, the faster we build community food resilience. Sign up with your email or phone and start today - no crypto experience needed!

Local Roots Ambassadors