When it comes to strong, local food systems, innovation is key. Whether you’re a farmer, food hub, farmers market, producer coop, or a CSA, the boom of “food tech” has most likely reached you. Now more than ever, there are avenues for you to provide online sales and distribution.
Despite this boom, many tech companies fail to support their producers and customers. Instead, many platforms want to “disrupt” the market to increase their revenue while leaving their farmers with inaccessible data and a lack of support.
The way we buy and sell food has changed dramatically, but since 2009, Local Food Marketplace has “been working behind the scenes to help farmers grow their sales by making local food easier to find and purchase in their own communities”. In an industry that prides itself on “disrupting” the market, we’ve prided ourselves on taking a much different approach – inclusiveness.
Recently, LFM CEO and Co-Founder, Amy McCann, had the opportunity to speak with the North American Food Systems Network. Recognized as a food systems innovator, Amy explains how and why the Local Food Marketplace platform is different than all of the other local food platforms.
