Who loves the local farmers market? Show of hands?
Me too! Unfortunately our markets have wrapped up for the year. Maybe you’re lucky, and your local market operates year-round, but even then it may only be one or two days of the week.
We’re working on a new project built on top of BuddyPress to help local consumers hook up with local producers. Moveable Feast allows people to go on and fill out a profile. Everyone identifies their locale down to the city/town/municipality level. People can identify themselves as either a producer or as a consumer.
Producers can then fill out additional information about what they have available. BuddyPress is extremely versatile, and the option is there for any user to create a blog, or to make short posts on their “wire” (kind of like a short-form blog). Producers can elaborate on the food they have available, consumers may opt to blog about recipe options for various types of food, or offer kudos to local producers.
It’s in the early stages. As with all communities, it will have to hit a critical mass in order to be useful to anyone. We’re going to start actively promoting Moveable Feast on Mayne Island, and would encourage like-minded individuals in other places to do the same (it’s free for everyone).
