RipeNear.Me

37% of households in the US (43 million homes) have a food garden. Conservatively that’s $8b worth of fruit, vegetables, nuts and other produce grown in backyards. Virtually none of this produce ever reaches the market, and a significant amount (billions worth) will go to waste.
Concurrently, over 20 million people in the US live in a food desert. Accessing fresh produce is exceptionally difficult and prohibitively expensive. This leads to malnutrition.
RipeNearMe is the first peer-to-peer marketplace for home-growers to sell, share or swap their excess produce. Users can search by location or food type, visually see what’s growing nearby, connect with the grower, and request produce in minutes.
For the first time you can subscribe to an individual fruit tree (or any listing) and be notified when it’s ripe and ready to pick. Growers can have an unlimited number of subscribers, and can therefore be confident that they’ll have buyers when in season.
Categoría de tu proyecto
Collaborative Consumption
Cómo se diferencia tu producto o servicio de lo existente en el mercado?
Food is a competitive space, however very few of our competitors make urban grown foods accessible, and those that do typically focus only on mapping fruit trees growing in public places. Because RipeNear.Me focuses on unlocking the produce hidden in backyards and private property we’re create a new, ultra-local economy where anyone can become a profitable micro/urban farmer.
Describe el impacto social que genera tu solución
We make quality, fresh, and affordable produce more accessible to that need it, while providing a marketplace and income opportunity to those who grow food. As a result we also help to reduce food waste, create/support ultra-local economies, improve food security, and improve health (by increasing healthy food options) and food equality. Oh, and we’re reconnecting communities.
Descripción breve de la sustentabilidad económica de tu proyecto
We will generate revenue through transaction fees on the sale of produce. Currently transactions take place offline and in person (between the grower and buyer). Our data indicates that growers are giving 40-60% discounts due to being uncomfortable with selling. By taking the monetary exchange online we can help growers receive the true value of their produce, and take a small commission.
¿Cómo es la escala de tu proyecto?¿Zonal, regional, nacional o globlal? ¿Por qué?
Global. People grow fruit and vegetables in their yards, on balconies and in cities around the world. And of course, we all eat.
¿En qué etapa se encuentra tu proyecto?
Implementation
¿Tu emprendimiento se encuentra constituído en algún país?¿Cuál?
Australia
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