Fantastic, @sudokita!
I’ve been monitoring (from a distance) the initiatives going on in NYC and the surrounding region to deal with the new challenges of food distribution during this pandemic. It’s been incredible to see the different tech platforms for such distribution, many of which have been gathering momentum over the last several years but were largely still seen as only for early-adopters, suddenly ramping up their capacities, throwing beta and alpha level products into production, and pivoting to face the unforeseen realities this crisis has posed.
I’ll just post a smattering of links here from some farms I know personally (primarily from my work in NYC’s Greenmarket community), and how they’re evolving their operations to meet new demands:
- https://www.instagram.com/p/B-mrekLjy2Z/
- https://norwichmeadowsfarm.us11.list-manage.com/subscribe?u=a499b7adfa0f8ffe3465e0e58&id=d3747f6c56
- https://www.instagram.com/p/B-vkrecj7at/
- https://curbsidefarmer.webs.com/
- https://www.instagram.com/p/B-Z1iOtjeC9/
- https://tamarackhollowfarm.com/producebox/
I’d be particularly interested in conducting a more thorough survey of these initiatives, so we could assess where we, the GOAT community, can best position ourselves to make an impact in this rapidly transforming space. I think we could play a unique role as a group that values shared knowledge, transparency and community resilience, so long as we acknowledge our particular strengths and find ways to promote those values amid the existing ecosystem.