Social Enterprise AgriFood Software Development
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resilience open-source software sales innovationAgriTech North, in collaboration with The 807 Food Co-op (non-profit), is seeking to customize the Open Food Network (OFN) open-source software to meet the needs of a new food box subscription program that is difficult to achieve with current OFN functionality. This food box program is aimed at providing locally produced foods throughout Northern Ontario.
The Open Food Network is a global network of people and organizations working together to build a new food system. Together, we develop open and shared resources, knowledge and software to support a better food system. OFN believes a sustainable and resilient food system needs to reconnect producers and consumers. OFN aims to empower people and communities and give them the tools and knowledge to develop the food systems they need for their community.
The OFN flagship project is an open source software platform that makes it easy to create innovative, independent, community food enterprises. The software can be used by farmers setting up their own online stores, but it’s designed to help farmers collaborate and sell together, to create thriving, viable enterprises. People have used the power of this feature to create food collectives, manage food hubs, to take their farmers’ market online with pre-purchases to give stallholders more secure sales, and more.
The OFN community has decades of experience in running innovative food enterprises with social and ecological aims. We know that good food can transform our planet and our society. OFN also knows that making values-driven food enterprise work takes commitment, perseverance, partnerships and support. The OFN community want to help you to make values-driven food enterprises thrive!
About the company
AgriTech North is an Indigenous- (Métis), disabled-, and LGBTQ-owned social enterprise corporation with a mission to grow nutritious food for Northern Ontario, focusing on Far North indigenous communities, that is of a consistently high quality, available year-round, and provided at a competitive price. The facility will be located in Dryden, Ontario, Canada to harness the waste heat, energy, and carbon from the Domtar Mill, establishing a Biohub with carbon negative operations. Dryden is ideal because of favorable transportation capabilities throughout the region and workforce access. The revenue from the food sold will ensure it is self-sustaining long-term as a research center. After proving the success of novel methods, AgriTech North will expand successful research projects throughout Canada to tackle a wider variety of food security issues throughout the country, made possible in part via several academic and indigenous partnerships.