Standards
What “verified” means here — and what it never means
A single badge across a whole business would be a lie. Confirming that a farm exists tells you nothing about its hours, its prices or whether it takes SNAP. So every claim is scoped to one field.
Each field on a listing carries three things: a state, the sources behind it, and the date it was last checked. Where two sources disagree, both are shown. Where nothing confirms a fact, it stays unknown — an unknown is never rendered as a “no”.
Location precision
Some sellers work from home addresses or ask for coarser precision. Those listings are held at approximate precision, or with no public location at all, and are labelled that way rather than pinned to a false point on a map.
Photographs
A photograph is either of the business or it is labelled as a representative category image. Where neither exists, the frame says a verified photo is needed instead of borrowing a stock image and implying it is the place.
Closed and historical records
Businesses close. Their records are retained, labelled, and dated rather than deleted, so the regional record stays honest over time.
Legend
Every label used on the site
- Verified
- The field was checked against a real source and currently reads as current.
- Needs recheck
- The last confirmation is older than the recheck window for that field, or the claim was verified but hasn't been rechecked since.
- Not confirmed
- No source holds this fact. It stays unknown — it does not become a 'no'.
- Conflicting sources
- Two sources disagree. Both are shown rather than one being picked quietly.
- Outdated
- A newer source has superseded this claim's value — kept for the audit trail rather than deleted, but no longer shown as current.
- Approximate location
- Location is held at a coarser precision, by request or by lack of evidence.
- Representative image
- A category photograph stands in. It is not a photograph of this business.
- Closed listing
- The listing is retained for the record with its closure sourced and dated.
Found something wrong? When a field's source changes, its date is reset — see how the corrections process works, including what's ready now and what's still being set up.