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I think a modern version of a grocery delivery person would be valuable, but not to deliver food from nearby stores, but instead from nearby farms. It wouldn't

I think a modern version of a grocery delivery person would be valuable, but not to deliver food from nearby stores, but instead from nearby farms. It wouldn't need to be everyday, perhaps weekly. That keeps us using locally grown foods.

germinalphrase 10y ago
Just want to reiterate how nice a CSA share can be. Sometimes you need to be a little creative in the kitchen, but it's less expensive than buying the same quality elsewhere. Also, I have several friends that run/work on organic farms and CSA memberships are critical to their ability to survive as small farm operations.
franze 10y ago
There are multiple companies like this in germany/austria. Basically a subscription to organic food (Vegetables, bread, cheese,...). You never know exactly what you get, but most of the time you are ok with it. One example: http://www.adamah.at http://www.adamah.at
tajen 10y ago
We actually have this in many developed places, albeit only for vegetables. Urban people subscribe to an "organic farm coop" and receive a set of season vegetables per week. They don't have much choice, but the upsides are: - No intermediary/supermarket involved: Margins are fully paid to the producer who can either get a decent pay, work less or pay better materials, - Vegetables are ripe, but needn't be nice, filtered or advertised in a fancy packing, - Delivery at the reception of your company, - The producer has forseeable recurrent revenue, just like developers for cloud services. I've seen this in 2 French cities and in Sydney, so I bet it exists in San Francisco and most major cities.
- cowsandmilk 10y ago
  Yep, there are at least a dozen "Community-supported agriculture" organizations in SF that will deliver veggies weekly. And in Boston. And in most major cities in the US and many smaller ones as well. You buy shares or a subscription (different places use different terms) and you get a portion of what the farm produces.
- tomdell 10y ago
  This is widespread in America. You can find it outside of major cities - I got vegetables through a co-op in a ~90,000 person city in Kansas for a long time.
maxerickson 10y ago
Check for a local CSA. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Community-supported_agriculture https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Community-supported_agricultur...
cookiecaper 10y ago
I know that service exists in some areas. In Utah, we used Winder Farms. They drop off an order once a week. Their apple juice and milk was good but their produce was always sub-par. The prices were crazy.

germinalphrase 10y ago

Just want to reiterate how nice a CSA share can be. Sometimes you need to be a little creative in the kitchen, but it's less expensive than buying the same quality elsewhere. Also, I have several friends that run/work on organic farms and CSA memberships are critical to their ability to survive as small farm operations.

franze 10y ago

There are multiple companies like this in germany/austria. Basically a subscription to organic food (Vegetables, bread, cheese,...). You never know exactly what you get, but most of the time you are ok with it. One example: http://www.adamah.at http://www.adamah.at

tajen 10y ago

We actually have this in many developed places, albeit only for vegetables. Urban people subscribe to an "organic farm coop" and receive a set of season vegetables per week. They don't have much choice, but the upsides are: - No intermediary/supermarket involved: Margins are fully paid to the producer who can either get a decent pay, work less or pay better materials, - Vegetables are ripe, but needn't be nice, filtered or advertised in a fancy packing, - Delivery at the reception of your company, - The producer has forseeable recurrent revenue, just like developers for cloud services. I've seen this in 2 French cities and in Sydney, so I bet it exists in San Francisco and most major cities.

cowsandmilk 10y ago
Yep, there are at least a dozen "Community-supported agriculture" organizations in SF that will deliver veggies weekly. And in Boston. And in most major cities in the US and many smaller ones as well. You buy shares or a subscription (different places use different terms) and you get a portion of what the farm produces.
tomdell 10y ago
This is widespread in America. You can find it outside of major cities - I got vegetables through a co-op in a ~90,000 person city in Kansas for a long time.

maxerickson 10y ago

Check for a local CSA. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Community-supported_agriculture https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Community-supported_agricultur...

cookiecaper 10y ago

I know that service exists in some areas. In Utah, we used Winder Farms. They drop off an order once a week. Their apple juice and milk was good but their produce was always sub-par. The prices were crazy.