What to Expect in Food Distro Phase 2
- Goals
- Create an open-source software that can be used by any organization platform that combats food waste.
- Concerns
- (13:30) Legal landscapes
- Countries like France have restaurants and groceries that donates food.
- America has laws that don't allow it due to food, health, and safety guideline.
- (15:00) Users may not be who they describe themselves to be
- ex: “They ain't in need for food, they're just a freeloader”
- Objectives
- Food Distro phase 1 built a C2C mobile platform. Saitika (Project Manager phase 1) suggested a desktop platform.
- Client said to create a platform that solves the problem.
- The goal of our Food Distro Open-Source Project is to build a first-of-its-kind open-source software that can be used by any organization, community, or individual nationwide to start their food redistribution project.
- While there's food waste in the global area, staying in America for now.
Client's 'Vision' for Phase 2:
- Research legal landscapes that combats food waste in America.
- Redefine the product for organizations, communities, and individuals to use at a national level.
- Focus on America only
- Competitors client recommends: 412 Food Waste, Boulder Food Rescue, ExtraFood, Food Tank
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💡 @Brenda Yan 's internal geek out moment: organizations like Oregon Food Bank, ReFed, Food Waste Reduction Alliance are also worth looking into if you want to learn more about food waste nonprofit organizations.
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- Research legal landscapes around combating food waste in America
- Build an open source platform that works for both mobile and desktop.
- By week 8, a working prototype that can be tested for usability
- Covers the basic amount of prototyping
- In future phases, development will come to play.
- Client prefers attending demo sessions over project reporting. While Project Managers serve as a PoC, teams are also welcome to reach out to client.
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💡 In workplace abbreviation, PoC = Point of Contact; it can get easily misread as “Person of Color”
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