four neighbors came together and we started with a Farmer's Market.

我们四个邻居合伙开办了一个农贸市场
We opened in July 2004 and on that very first day

2004年7月开业开业的第一天
I had to twist two arms and make one deal with the devil

我费劲功夫历经千辛万苦
to get the initial seven farms to the market,

把最初七间农场的农产品运到市场上
and we opened at 10:00

我们早上十点开始营业
and by noon we had farms that were sold out

有些农产品很快就脱销了
and were sending runners back to their farms to harvest more produce.

我们马上派人回到农场运回更多的产品
Right from the start, the community really embraced this idea,

从一开始社区的人们就乐意接纳这个模式
this idea they could connect directly to a farm;

他们能够直接和农场对头
that the line from field to plate would be straight and short.

从种植到上桌中间的环节省去不少
During that year we actually had--that

在那一年
very first season within the first couple of months

第一季度的头两个月