Practice Abstract - Research and innovation

Larder360

Larder360 is a community co-operative that enables consumers to attain locally produced, high quality food products in the same as a supermarket online delivery service. Consumers are provided access to a wide range of fresh local produce such as meat, fish, cheese, vegetables, confectionaries etc. Larder 360 was developed to operate as a shared economy, pooling the resources of many. The website therefore acts as an intermediary platform between local food producers and consumers. Larder360's core values include: fair price - fair trade, high quality standards, and climate action.

Community confidence and valorising local tradition: The novel platform has benefits for local primary producers as it is an effective tool to connect them to consumers.

One of the most important challenges for any SFSC is how to reach the consumers. The identification of good practices from Larder360 allows for the implementation of similar on-line platforms which connect local food producers to consumers. For scattered small producers (even within the same sector) it is difficult to sell their products on the market because of the size and the unevenness of their production throughout the year. Innovative good practices (joint brands, labels, etc.) to make small producers entering larger markets together could provide solutions to this problem.

Source Project
SKIN - Short supply chains Knowledge & Innovation Network
Ongoing | 2016-2019
Main funding source
Horizon 2020 (EU Research and Innovation Programme)
Geographical location
Italy
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