As the world’s population approaches 9.8 billion in 2050, the importance of food safety is increasing. To combat future outbreaks, governments and food corporations are looking to food traceability platforms to keep our food safe.
Local Line was created to help local farmers succeed as independent entrepreneurs. The reality is that more local farmers have to find a way to get to market better, faster, and cheaper in order to prosper. Since our founding in 2015, Local Line is now used by farmers across Canada, USA, and Australia to help them sell more product, organize their business data, and save time.
Solving food deserts has been an increasing topic of discussion for the last few years. Today’s food systems do not serve food deserts properly, and tend to leave entire communities in urban environments without access to fresh, healthy food.
Local Line’s mission is making local farms as accessible as industrially-produced food. When we set to work on how to solve this problem, we identified three principal steps for farmers to take.
Why do you farm? When you ask a small-scale farmer this question, they often don’t say because they want to make money.
This new Community Forum is an opportunity for connection between similar businesses that are all facing the same challenges and opportunities.
Imagine a farmer’s market that is open 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. No lost time or costs for transportation and selling.
As a consumer, you cannot make an informed decision regarding your food intake within the food system that exists today.
We believe the success of restaurants in the future will be necessarily connected to their control of their supply chain. Here’s why: