@guising did a fantastic job finishing off the site redesign with a new site-wide navigation menu, available at the bottom of every page. The menu accomplishes two important tasks by giving site visitors: a better sense of the overall structure of the website, and more importantly access to all main areas of the website from…
Ethan Young
Open Food Community
We now have groups for OFS Users Federation Members up and running. Each group serves as hub for communications, collaboration and support, consisting of: A facebook-like social network An associated online forum A collaborative document system and A wiki space All community features can be accessed from the top of any page, under the “Community”…
Open Invitation: Federation Founders’ Meeting
In the wake of releasing Open Food Source version 1.0, we invite all supporters of local and open food systems to join us in mid-June as we create an Open Food Federation (Federation), an open technology solutions network for local food hubs everywhere, to better support food hubs who depend upon the OFS software for…
The new Open Food logo: Circuitry Roots
Appreciation Thank you to Christine Linder and her students at the Chemeketa Community College Visual Communications Program for their amazing work and help in creating the new Open Food logo! The students helped create a new logo and brand identity for the burgeoning Open Food Federation and its Open Food Source farmer’s market software that…
Hosted and Managed Installs
Based on demand, we have partnered with Canvas Host, a sustainable Portland-based web host to provide hosted and managed OFS installs. This solution should help fledgling food hubs who do not yet have the technical capacity to manage their own web server space. Contact us to learn more!
Resource: Federation White Paper
What is the Open Food Federation? What are food hubs? Why are local food networks important? How does Open Food Source support food hubs and local food networks? Find the answers to these questions and more in our Open Food_whitepaper. In this paper we provide an overview of the Federation, and supporting diagrams and definitions…
Update: Logo project
BREAKING NEWS: We have been working with the Chemeketa Community College Design Studio, which has offered its graphic design services in developing a logo for the Open Food Source software and Open Food Federation. They have provided 28 fantastic first-round options for review and we would love to have your input on the results. Please…
Introducing the Open Food Federation
With the release of version 1.0 of Open Food Source (OFS) software earlier this year, several food hubs have expressed interest in exploring a grassroots collaboration for food hub resources. We are calling this concept the Open Food Federation and have drafted a purpose statement to begin the discussion: “To provide transparent technologies to local…