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…
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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…
Open Food Source: From orphan to federation
The following article was contributed to opensource.org by Roy Guisinger as part of their series for Open Food Week, published on November 19, 2014 at http://opensource.com/life/14/11/open-food-source-orphan-federation. In the local food movement, open source principles are very much like the open pollinated seeds that farmers keep to grow next year’s crops. When farmers use their own…