[Hidden-tech] Phone App for Local Sustainable Food Providers

[Charles Uchu Strader]

Hey Mary,

This sounds like a cool project.

At GAIA Host we've help several farmer's markets in New England go 
digital with online stores combined with at the weekly market pickups by 
the customers.  The farmers get trained on updating a spreadsheet that 
includes data such as quantity available, price, etc and is submitted to 
the local manager of the online market that imports it into the store's 
database.  The managed web application service we offer that runs the 
online stores is called Local Foods Anywhere (tm) and though we've got 
some small press in the past, we've only quietly marketed it so far.

So the short of it... based on what you are describing below, it sounds 
like there could be some synergy in working together.

And the biggest tip is... it's not always so easy getting farmers to 
update information like you want to be avaiable in your app.  
Integrating into existing work-flows for them or with data available at 
places like localharvest.org would be the best way to go.

Feel free to call or email to discuss more.

Regards,

Charles Uchu Strader
charles at gaiahost.coop 1-800-672-8060 x803
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On 2/22/10 9:50 AM, Mary Wiseman wrote:
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> Hello All,
> I am wondering if any one within this list can give me some assistance 
> on *how-to create a phone app. similar to the Wholefoods app. with 
> some variations?*
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> Ultimately, what I am trying to create is a similar app containing 
> databases or all the recipes, foods-on-hand, favorites, lists etc. 
> *AND* I would also like to include locations of Local Sustainable 
> Farms/Foods [or stores carrying local foods i.e. WholeFoods and River 
> Valley Market Coop and/or local restaurants–using local foods].
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> *ADDITIONALLY,* I would also like to be able to include a database of 
> the foods particular sustainable farms might be featuring any 
> particular week.  For example, if Town Farm has green beans, lettuce 
> greens, radishes and basil, in a certain week,  this would also appear 
> within the app. and could be spun into the recipes offerings– within 
> the recipe database.
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> I realize due to the nature of the ever-changing listings of fresh 
> foods, coming from the local farms into the database, this would be a 
> ‘live’ and changing app.– if there is such a thing?
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>     * Does anyone know how-to build such an app?
>     * Or, know of any leads for me to follow in pursuit of this
>       possibility?
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> Thank you for your time, I hope to hear back from you.
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