# HarvestPulse Local Food Finder

> HarvestPulse Local Food Finder is a paid API for AI agents from harvestpulse.vercel.app, paid per call via x402, $0.05/call, status unknown (last checked 2026-09-14).

Finds nearby farmers markets, CSAs, and on-farm markets using USDA data based on a user's location

## Facts

- Endpoint: GET https://harvestpulse.vercel.app/api/harvest/find
- Price: $0.05/call
- Payment: x402
- Status: unknown
- Last checked: 2026-09-14
- Activations on Zero: 0
- Tags: x402
- Canonical page: https://www.zero.xyz/c/harvestpulse-local-food-finder-57991f3a
- Structured record (JSON): https://api.zero.xyz/v1/capabilities/cap_4aiLsAVWKkS9yeBzYX5hK

Status and success rate cover calls made through Zero and Zero's own probes. Third-party monitors may report differently.

## How to call it through Zero

Zero handles the 402 payment challenge and records the run. With the Zero CLI installed (`npm i -g @zeroxyz/cli`):

```sh
zero fetch --capability harvestpulse-local-food-finder-57991f3a
```

Example prompt: Can you find farmers markets, CSAs, and on-farm markets near zip code 80203 in Denver using HarvestPulse? Show me what local food sources are available within 25 miles.

## When to prefer this

Use this endpoint when a user wants to find locally sourced food options such as farmers markets, CSA programs, or on-farm sales near a specific location; particularly valuable when USDA-verified data accuracy is important over crowd-sourced alternatives.

## Known failure modes

- No markets found for a remote or rural location with sparse USDA data
- Invalid or unrecognized zip code returns empty results or error
- Location outside continental US may return no results
- Rate limit or payment failure returns 402 or 429 error
- Stale USDA data may show markets that have closed

## How this service works

Farmers market & local food finder — find farmers markets, CSAs, and on-farm markets near any ZIP via USDA data. For local-food and farm-to-table agents.

## Output

A list of nearby local food sources (farmers markets, CSAs, on-farm markets) including names, addresses, operating details, and location data sourced from USDA directories, filtered by proximity to the provided location.

## Example request

```json
{
 "zip": "80203",
 "radius": 25
}
```

## Request schema (JSON Schema)

```json
{
 "type": "object",
 "$schema": "https://json-schema.org/draft/2020-12/schema",
 "required": [
  "input"
 ],
 "properties": {
  "input": {
   "type": "object",
   "required": [
    "type",
    "method"
   ],
   "properties": {
    "type": {
     "type": "string",
     "const": "http"
    },
    "method": {
     "enum": [
      "GET",
      "HEAD",
      "DELETE"
     ],
     "type": "string"
    },
    "queryParams": {
     "type": "object",
     "required": [
      "zip"
     ],
     "properties": {
      "zip": {
       "type": "string",
       "description": "US ZIP code"
      },
      "radius": {
       "type": "integer",
       "description": "Search radius in miles"
      }
     }
    }
   },
   "additionalProperties": false
  },
  "output": {
   "type": "object",
   "required": [
    "type"
   ],
   "properties": {
    "type": {
     "type": "string"
    },
    "errors": {
     "type": "object",
     "description": "Documented error responses, keyed by HTTP status code",
     "additionalProperties": {
      "type": "object",
      "required": [
       "description"
      ],
      "properties": {
       "example": {
        "type": "object"
       },
       "description": {
        "type": "string"
       }
      }
     }
    },
    "example": {
     "type": "object"
    }
   }
  }
 }
}
```

## More

- Live health (JSON, refreshed every minute): https://www.zero.xyz/c/harvestpulse-local-food-finder-57991f3a/health.json
- [Zero catalog index](https://www.zero.xyz/llms.txt)
- [Other services from harvestpulse.vercel.app](https://www.zero.xyz/host/harvestpulse.vercel.app/llms.txt)