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@@ -68,3 +68,11 @@ Shut down and now run:
 ``./manage.py populate_inventory``
 
 Now you can run the system and see how it goes.
+
+Base Data
+~~~~~~~~~
+
+On initial creation and whenever you reset the database you must reload the
+basic data. This data is stored in the /fixtures directory. You can load this with:
+
+``./manage.py loaddata ./fixtures/*.json``