Our Journey
Our Journey,
Rooted Here.
We're Jamie and Courtney Wood. We've raised our three kids in the Grand Valley, built businesses side-by-side, and learned the hard way what it takes to keep going when everything changes.
Six Chapters. One Mission.
Every community-changing idea starts long before the launch. Here's ours.
- Entrepreneurs since age 26
- Years spent in the early rise of online marketing
- Always building, always learning, always adapting
- 2016: We bought a 20-acre farm in Loma
- We entered the booming CBD hemp space
- We went all-in on agriculture
- The CBD bubble collapsed
- COVID hit
- We lost the market — and had to start over
- Jamie became the Farm Manager at Blaine's Farm Store. There she saw the need firsthand for a more robust local food system
- Courtney helped build farm systems and infrastructure
- We saw the same friction every week: farmers working hard, families wanting local food, and the path between them far too complicated
- The Grand Valley needed a centralized online market and a physical food hub
- Free to join for farmers, ranchers, and local makers focused on feeding and nurturing community
- Food should move farm → hub → front door with less friction
- We built FarmersMarket.store to keep more food dollars local
- A marketplace and distribution system designed for the Grand Valley
- Local farms and makers, one homegrown platform
The Fall
We saw firsthand how volatile and challenging farm work can be. Thin profit margins, unpredictable markets, and a system that often works against the people growing the food.
But every hard season taught us the same lesson — if we wanted to build something lasting for our community, we had to stop waiting and start building. So we started asking people what they wanted most.
The Call
Our community’s call was clear: easier access to farm-fresh food, and a simple way for local farms to reach the people they feed.
- Most families in our valley rely on a major grocery store for nearly all their food
- Local farms deserve a direct path to the community they feed
- A new food revolution is rising, and we want to be part of it
Meet the Founders
Jamie Wood
- Vendor relationships + customer experience
- Grounded, practical, community-first
- Farming since 2010 · Grand Valley since 2013
Courtney Wood
- Platform build + systems + vendor tools
- Tech meets agriculture, built for real life
- Sustainable agriculture · Technology innovation
Our Ally: Raul Sandrea
Turning a vision into working software takes grit. Raul Sandrea is our lead developer, building and shipping features as fast as the work piles up. Big shout-out to Raul — we couldn't do this without him.
- Lead developer for FarmersMarket.store
- Rapid builds, constant improvements, real-world problem solving
- Turning community needs into tools that work
Full stack developer who started with us on day 1, helping develop the initial website launch
Expert full stack developer, started day 1 with Anum to build and develop the initial launch
See What Our Customers Think
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“The best part is I get to customize my own delivery box every week! No preset bundles, no mystery items, just farm fresh food at my door.”
Natalie M. · Grand Junction
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“As a professional Iron Man Triathlete I need 6000+ calories of quality fuel every day. FarmersMarket.Store provides me with the highest quality food in our valley and the best chance to WIN!”
Adam F. · Grand Junction
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“As a busy mom and active yoga instructor, this has been a lifesaver. Quality food that comes to me, less errands, more fun!”
Monica M. · Grand Junction