As the site is currently entirely self - funded, in order to grow Ripe Near Me into a much bigger and wider - reaching
local food platform, the founders have turned to crowdfunding with a campaign on Start Some Good, where they hope to raise enough money to turn it into a financially sustainable social enterprise.
Not exact matches
Co-founded by Benzi Ronen, the online
platform lets people order produce, dairy, and some prepared
food from a network of
local farmers.
Most recently, the firm announced it would be buying all remaining shares of the online delivery and
local services
platform Ele.me, which is primarily known for its
food deliveries.
The
Platform facilitates
local, national, and regional level
food loss and waste prevention, reduction, and measurement.
Through an innovative
platform called Zero Percent, restaurants with surplus
food can alert
local volunteers to take donations to homeless shelters and
food pantries.
At
local level we can see initiatives like
food sharing
platform that redistribute the
food from supermarkets in Germany to needed ones, which would be otherwise thrown away.
Vizeat is a social dining
platform for immersive
food experiences with
locals.
We use a web and mobile
platform that connects schools with
local farmers and
food artisans to help students sell healthy, locally grown or made products to raise money for school activities.
Red Rooster says that it «serves comfort
food celebrating the roots of American cuisine and the diverse culinary traditions of the neighborhood» and it aims to «share the story of Harlem with our guests, and offer a
platform to celebrate
local artists, musicians and culinary talent».
The goal of our group is to unite Columbus foodies and provide a
platform for collaboration and connecting with
local restaurants and
food businesses.
Platforms such as
local forums or Craigslist are an alternative method of finding
local foods, but they don't tend to be a place to find wild edibles or fruit trees that are growing on public properties, so urban foragers looking for ripe
local fruits rely on word of mouth (and many of them are unwilling to disclose their favorite locations) or
local food maps, which can take quite a bit of work to put together.
According to the website, the goals of the
platform are many, but in a nutshell, Ripe Near Me wants to «dramatically increase the quantity of urban and sustainably grown
foods,» and to give foodies better access to
local and seasonal
foods.
The purpose of CITYFOOD is to raise awareness on resilient city - region
food systems and (intra - and peri --RRB- urban agriculture, create an advocacy
platform for cities to gain political recognition and support from national governments and international support organizations, to provide information to cities around the world, stimulate exchange of experiences, identify and disseminate important lesson and good practices, and facilitate cooperation between cities worldwide and between
local governments and civil society in this area.
The goal of our group is to unite Columbus foodies and provide a
platform for collaboration and connecting with
local restaurants and
food businesses.