New Community Food Enterprises report released
New Community Food Enterprises report released We’re excited to share our latest report with you: Community Food Enterprises – Their role in food system change, opportunities, challenges and support needs. It brings together our lessons from running food...
Grants available
Grants available The Victorian Government has released new grants for ‘small scale and craft’ agricultural businesses. (These are the latest version of the ‘Artisanal Agriculture’ grants.) We know how flat out you are, so we’re summarising the key information...
The value of community-building for the commons
The value of community-building for the commons In the last year, we’ve been realising that how we work at the Open Food Network is in fact one of the most important things that we’re creating, as we go about the task of building a better food system. Recent...
Welcome to a faster, more efficient Open Food Network
Welcome to a faster, more efficient Open Food Network Over the years we’ve been running Open Food Network we’ve been working tirelessly to build the tools that food enterprises need to succeed. With our tiny, part time development team working remotely in the UK,...
Olivier De Schutter welcomed as Open Food Network ambassador
Olivier De Schutter welcomed as Open Food Network ambassador “For me, the Open Food Network is an essential tool because it enables the different eaters of a given territory or community to connect and build initiatives together.” – Olivier De Schutter We’re thrilled...
How we determined a new pricing model with our users
How we determined a new pricing model with our users Last year we reached out to people using the Open Food Network software platform to discuss how the Open Food Network in Australia could become more financially sustainable. We had conversations with many of you,...
Launching Open Food Services
Launching Open Food Services We are extremely excited to introduce Open Food Services – our new, worker-owned company! Open Food Services will offer a range of services that build on Open Food Network’s mission to transform the food system. These include business...