Local Fork - Eat More Good Food!
Local Fork is an online community providing the tools to stimulate grassroots local food networks. Local Fork is the first website where local food consumers, buyers, and producers can fully collaborate, network, buy, sell, advertise, and find needed services.
We believe that many of the challenges facing local food networks are fundamentally problems of communication and collaboration. The Live Web, in the form of social networking sites and open online platforms, such as Facebook, Wikipedia and eBay, demonstrates the power of user-driven communities to solve these complex problems. Local Fork employs the tools of the Live Web to sustain these new food networks and empower consumers and small businesses to buy local.
We believe that many of the challenges facing local food networks are fundamentally problems of communication and collaboration. The Live Web, in the form of social networking sites and open online platforms, such as Facebook, Wikipedia and eBay, demonstrates the power of user-driven communities to solve these complex problems. Local Fork employs the tools of the Live Web to sustain these new food networks and empower consumers and small businesses to buy local.
Local Fork services include:
- User and organization web profiles
- Discussion forums
- Food Writers' exchange
- Specialized tools for community organizations
- Ecommerce transactions, including wholesale buying
Local Fork is initially focusing its efforts on bringing farm-fresh food from regional producers into metropolitan areas. We are launching with New York City and are looking forward to bringing the site to more cities soon. If you are interested in seeing Local Fork in your area, email us at feedback@localfork.com.
Interested in taking part in our pilot program? Email laura@localfork.com
Your ideas are invaluable as we roll out new services. Please contact us at feedback@localfork.com with any comments and suggestions or for more information.
Local Fork is based in New York City and was founded in October 2006 by Charlie Strout.