From cart to kitchen
What’s for supper?
Seasonal recipe inspiration and ways to make the harvest last are part of the plan.
Recipes & preservation ↗Rooted in Armstrong. Growing beyond it.
Good food.
Local roots.
Bigger possibilities.
A modern Missouri mercantile in the making. We’re bringing local food, Missouri-made goods, and the people behind them together through an online marketplace and regional distribution.
Explore Shop Local ↗ I’m a farmer or maker ↗Pre-launch · Online ordering is not yet open.
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OUR FARMS. OUR FOOD. OUR FUTURE.
A Thanksgiving welcome
Good food.
Grateful hearts.
This season reminds us why we’re building Pecking Order: food with a story, neighbors with a place to belong, and more reasons to gather close to home.
Meet the people behind the food ↗A Missouri marketplace, taking shape
Local goodness.
A little less looking.
Fresh & Seasonal
Produce and foods that follow Missouri’s growing seasons.
Explore the planned category ↗
Meat, Eggs & Dairy
Local staples from qualified prospective producers.
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Pantry & Baked Goods
Preserves, baked goods, flour, honey, and other locally made foods.
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Missouri-Made Provisions
Useful, beautiful, and giftable goods made closer to home.
Explore the planned category ↗Planned categories and illustrative imagery. Product availability will depend on season and participating producers.
Producer spotlight · Edina, Missouri
A jar of jam.
A whole lot of heart.
Meet Jared’s Jams, whose story began in 2014 with fruit from the family farm and a fundraiser for Special Olympics Missouri.
Meet Jared’s Jams ↗Early interest in working together; products are not currently sold through Pecking Order.
Why Pecking Order
Small Town.
Bigger Thinking.
Same Old-Fashioned Handshake.
Pecking Order started with a small-town question: how do we bring useful food commerce back to Armstrong without asking a few hundred neighbors to support the entire business?
Founder Marci Innes is building from the region inward: an online marketplace and distribution network first, with a hometown mercantile as part of the bigger picture.
Read our story ↗For farms & makers
You make something good.
Different products need different paths. Let’s find an arrangement that makes sense on both ends of the basket.
Explore producer pathways ↗From the ground up
Follow what’s growing.
Get to know the business as it takes shape, one practical step and good conversation at a time.
Follow on Facebook ↗There’s room at this table
Good things start
with a conversation.
Customer, farmer, maker, neighbor, or simply curious—we’d love to hear from you.
Let’s talk ↗Share your community input ↗